title: In vitro efficacy of cold atmospheric pressure plasma on S. sanguinis biofilms in comparison of two test models.
abstract: Dental plaque critically affects the etiology of caries, periodontitis and periimplantitis. The mechanical removal of plaque can only be performed partially due to limited accessibility. Therefore, plaque still represents one of the major therapeutic challenges. Even though antiseptic mouth rinses reduce the extent of biofilm temporarily, plaque removal remains incomplete and continuous usage can even result in side effects. Here we tested argon plasma produced by kinpen09 as one option to inactivate microorganisms and to eliminate plaque. S. sanguinis biofilms cultivated in either the European Biofilm Reactor (EUREBI) or in 24 well plates were treated with argon plasma. In both test systems a homogeneous, good analyzable and stable biofilm was produced on the surface of titan plates within 72 h (>6,9 log10 CFU/ml). Despite the significantly more powerful biofilm production in EUREBI, the difference of 0.4 log10 CFU/ml between EUREBI and the 24 well plates was practically not relevant. For that reason both test models were equally qualified for the analysis of efficacy of cold atmospheric pressure plasma. We demonstrate a significant reduction of the biofilm compared to the control in both test models. After plasma application of 180 s the biofilm produced in EUREBI or in 24 well plates was decreased by 0.6 log10 CFU/ml or 0.5 log10 CFU/ml, respectively. In comparison to recently published studies analyzing the efficacy of kinpen09, S. sanguinis produces a hardly removable biofilm. Future investigations using reduced distances between plasma source and biofilm, various compositions of plasma and alternative plasma sources will contribute to further optimization of the efficacy against S. sanguinis biofilms.
authors: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany.
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Gorynia
authors: Ina
authors: I
authors: Koban
authors: Rutger
authors: R
authors: Matthes
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Welk
authors: Sabine
authors: S
authors: Gorynia
authors: Nils-Olaf
authors: NO
authors: Hübner
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Kocher
authors: Axel
authors: A
authors: Kramer
keywords: S. sanguinis biofilm; argon plasma; biofilm reactor; cold atmospheric pressure plasma; kinpen09; microtiter plate biofilm model
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