Avaliação do efeito da associação da irradiação laser Er:YAG com flúor no esmalte dental submetido à erosão / Evaluation of the association effect of the Er:YAG laser irradiation with fluoride on enamel submitted to the erosion

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

10/01/2011

RESUMO

The dental erosion is a lesion caused by loss of enamel mineral due to the acids action originated from gastric juice or dietary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Er:YAG laser on the prevention of enamel erosion associated or not to the fluoride, and to evaluate chemical and morphological changes of enamel after preventive treatments. Thus, 95 bovine enamel samples (4X4 mm) were ground flat, polished and randomly divided into 5 groups according to the preventive treatments: G1- Er:YAG laser; G2- laser + fluoride; G3- fluoride + laser; G4- laser simultaneously fluoride; G5- fluoride. Half of the enamel surface was covered with nail varnish and wax (control area) and the other half exposed to the treatments. The laser was irradiated (focused mode, without water cooling, 10 s, 60 mJ/2Hz and focal distance of 4mm) and the fluoride gel was applied for 4 min. Each specimen was individually exposed to soft drink Coca-Cola 4 times/day, during 1 minute, for 5 days. It was evaluated the enamel demineralization degree (optical microscopy), wear depth (perfilometer) and microhardness. Chemical and morphological alterations were evaluated by SEM/EDS. Optical microscopy and microhardness data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, for wear depth was used Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric method and for SEM/EDS was performed descriptive data analysis. For optical microscopy, G3 and G4 presented lower demineralization than the other groups; for wear, G4 and G5 exhibited lower values, G2 and G3 presented higher values and G1 did not differ from G4. The microhardness results did not show statistical difference among the groups. Microhardness decreasead in relation to the control group, except for G1. In the EDS analysis, G5 presented higher fluoride retention, about 174%, followed by G4 and G3 which increased the fluoride content in 27% and 10% respectively, G1 and G2 presented decrease of the fluoride content of 39% and 7.5% respectively. All the groups presented decrease of the Ca and P content, except G2. In the MEV, ablated areas were observed. It can be concluded that laser irradiation used simultaneously to the fluoride was able to promote higher fluoride retention to enamel, lower demineralization and wear. The use of the fluoride alone and fluoride applied simultaneously to the laser provided lower wear. The Er:YAG laser caused enamel superficial ablation when irradiated with 60mJ/cm2 fluence, 2 Hz, and without refrigeration.

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acidualated phosphate fluoride desgaste dental desmineralização dental erosão dental fluoreto fosfato acidulado laser er:yag laser er:yag tooth demineralization tooth erosion tooth wear

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