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- Title
Shear Bond Strength and Antibacterial Efficacy of Cinnamon and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Incorporated Experimental Orthodontic Adhesive—An In Vitro Comparative Study.
- Authors
EL-Awady, Ahmed Akram; Al-Khalifa, Hussein Nassef; Mohamed, Raafat Elghetany; Ali, Mohamed Mohamed; Abdallah, Khaled Farouk; Hosny, Mostafa Mohamed; Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel Salam; ElHabbak, Khaled Samy; Hussein, Farouk Ahmed
- Abstract
This in vitro study compared the shear bond strength (SBS) and antibacterial efficacy of an orthodontic adhesive containing either cinnamon or titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs). A total sample of 120 freshly extracted teeth was randomly divided into three groups, according to the type of NPs incorporated into adhesive for metallic orthodontic brackets' bonding: group 1—conventional orthodontic adhesive (TXT) as a control; group 2—conventional orthodontic adhesive mixed with TiO2 NPs (TXT + TNP); and group 3—conventional orthodontic adhesive mixed with cinnamon NPs (TXT + CNP). The SBS and adhesive remnant index (ARI) scores were evaluated and compared between the groups. The antibacterial efficacy against Streptococcus mutans for all the groups was assessed via a disc agar diffusion test. Data comparisons among groups were performed by ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc test. Antibacterial efficacy comparison between the experimental groups was performed via an independent t-test. The significance level for all the tests was set at p ≤ 0.05. The highest mean SBS values (10.11 ± 1.88 MPa) were in the TXT control group followed by TXT + TNP (9.40 ± 1.78 MPa), and the lowest SBS was in the TXT + CNP (8.99 ± 1.77 MPa) group. The mean SBS among the experimental groups was non-significant (p = 0.241). Antibacterial effects significantly increased (p ≤ 0.05) in both experimental groups. However, TXT + TNP revealed a significantly higher antibacterial effect (p = 0.021) than TXT + CNP. In conclusion, incorporating cinnamon or TiO2 NPs into an orthodontic adhesive improves its antibacterial effects without compromising the bond strength for clinical purposes.
- Subjects
CINNAMON; TITANIUM dioxide nanoparticles; BOND strengths; SHEAR strength; DISC diffusion tests (Microbiology); ADHESIVES
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 10, p6294
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app13106294