Fluoride release from aged resin composites containing fluoridated glass filler.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the fluoride release from aged resin composites containing different types of fluoridated glass filler into both deionized distilled water and lactic acid solution.


METHODS
Three resin composites, UniFil S (containing fluoro-alumino-silicate glass filler), Reactmer (containing pre-reacted glass-ionomer filler) and Beautifil (containing both types of fillers) were used. A conventional glass-ionomer cement, Ketac-Fil, was used as a control. Five disk specimens of each material were prepared and aged in water for 10 weeks. After aging, specimens were immersed in deionized distilled water for a further 6 days and then in aqueous lactic acid (pH 4.0) for 2 days. This process was repeated twice more and the specimens were subsequently immersed in water for a further 12 days. Fluoride release was measured every 2 days throughout the post-aging period.


RESULTS
The amount of fluoride release for aged UniFil S and Beautifil markedly increased in acid solution compared with water storage. The difference was not so great for aged Reactmer and Ketac-Fil. UniFil S and Beautifil gave significantly greater fluoride release in water following immersion in acid solution (p<0.05, two-way ANOVA and Scheffe's test), but Reactmer and Ketac-Fil showed no such increase in fluoride release after acid immersion.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggested that the nature of the fluoridated glass filler within a resin composite and the way in which the material interacts with an acidic environment affected the amount of fluoride released.
Itota
Toshiyuki
T
Dental Materials Science Unit, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. itota@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Al-Naimi
Omar T
OT
Carrick
Thomas E
TE
Yoshiyama
Masahiro
M
McCabe
John F
JF
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017438:Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D005898:Glass; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008298:Maleates / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
C470433:Beautifil composite resin; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D003188:Composite Resins; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D008298:Maleates; C483424:Unifil S; C465006:reactmer paste; D019344:Lactic Acid; D017438:Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate; C040964:Ketac-Fil; D005459:Fluorides