Department of Restorative Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Avenida do Café, S/ N(o), Ribeirão Preto, S.P, 14040-904, Brazil.
Department of Dentistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Av. Padre Cletus Francis Cox, 1661, Poços de Caldas, M.G, 37714-620, Brazil.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2023 Nov;147:106158. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106158. Epub 2023 Oct 1.
This study aimed to evaluate in vitro the effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as a biomodifier of eroded and abraded dentin. Forty dentin specimens were obtained from the buccal surface of bovine teeth. The specimens were randomly distributed in 4 groups according to dentin substrate: sound or eroded/abraded and dentin biomodification: with 0.5% EGCG and no biomodification (control group). Specimens were subdivided according to aging time: 24 h and 3 months for the analysis of microtensile bond strength (n = 10), morphology of the adhesive interface by SEM (n = 3) and dentin micropermeability by fluorescence microscope (n = 8). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS system version 20.0 with a significance level of 5%. The results revealed that the control group with eroded-abraded dentin exhibited the lowest bond strength values at 24 h and 3 months. However, the application of 0.5% EGCG as a biomodifier significantly increased bond strength on both sound and eroded-abraded substrates. After 3 months, all groups exhibited an adhesive interface with a more intense fluorescence in the adhesive layer, indicating an increase in porosity at the interface. In conclusion, the EGCG application as a biomodifier enhanced bond strength on both sound and eroded-abraded dentin substrates, however, adhesive interfaces are more regular when restorations are performed on sound dentin, regardless of the biomodification with EGCG.
本研究旨在评估表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)作为被侵蚀和磨损牙本质的生物调节剂的体外效果。从牛牙的颊面获得 40 个牙本质标本。根据牙本质基质将标本随机分为 4 组:正常或被侵蚀/磨损,以及牙本质生物改性:用 0.5% EGCG 和无生物改性(对照组)。根据老化时间将标本进一步细分:24 小时和 3 个月,用于分析微拉伸粘结强度(n=10)、SEM 观察的粘结界面形态(n=3)和荧光显微镜下的牙本质微渗透性(n=8)。使用 SPSS 系统版本 20.0 进行统计分析,显著性水平为 5%。结果表明,在 24 小时和 3 个月时,具有侵蚀磨损牙本质的对照组表现出最低的粘结强度值。然而,应用 0.5%EGCG 作为生物调节剂显著提高了正常和被侵蚀磨损牙本质基底上的粘结强度。3 个月后,所有组的粘结界面在粘结层中均显示出更强的荧光,表明界面的多孔性增加。总之,EGCG 的应用作为生物调节剂增强了正常和被侵蚀磨损牙本质基底上的粘结强度,但在进行正常牙本质修复时,粘结界面更规则,无论是否用 EGCG 进行生物改性。