title: Why the carioprotective potential of luting cements crucial?
abstract: Space maintainers make good oral hygiene difficult, modify the oral environment, and increase the chances of enamel demineralization. Demineralization can be prevented or reduced by improving patient oral hygiene or by using topical fluorides. However these methods depend on patient compliance and, therefore, are not very reliable. Thus, caries prevention in banding might be enhanced by using fluoride-releasing cements. The aim of the study was to comparatively evaluate the carioprotective potential of various luting media used for band cementation in permanent as well as deciduous molars. In this study, 100 molars were taken, which were banded and stored in artificial saliva for 1 month after which the teeth were debanded. An area of 2 x 2 mm was spared and the teeth were coated with nail varnish. The coated teeth were dipped in artificial caries solution in one month followed by 1-day immersion in methylene blue dye, after which the samples were sectioned through the window. The depth of dye penetration was measured and the results were statistically analyzed. Minimum dye penetration was observed with glass ionomer, which could be due to the fluoride release from the cement, whereas the control group showed the maximum, probably due to direct contact with the artificial caries solution.
authors.affiliation: Government Dental College, Rohtak, India. monikarohilla@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohilla
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D002326:Cariogenic Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000473:pathology; D004058:Diffusion; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008751:Methylene Blue; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets / Q000009:adverse effects; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement / Q000737:chemistry; D012464:Saliva, Artificial / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement / Q000737:chemistry; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002326:Cariogenic Agents; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003738:Dental Cements; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement; D012464:Saliva, Artificial; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement; D005459:Fluorides; D008751:Methylene Blue