Establishment of an optimized ex vivo system for artificial root canal infection evaluated by use of sodium hypochlorite and the photodynamic therapy

Hecker, S. and Hiller, K. -A. and Galler, K. M. and Erb, S. and Mader, T. and Schmalz, G. (2013) Establishment of an optimized ex vivo system for artificial root canal infection evaluated by use of sodium hypochlorite and the photodynamic therapy. INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL, 46 (5). pp. 449-457. ISSN 0143-2885, 1365-2591

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Abstract

Hecker S, Hiller K-A, Galler KM, Erb S, Mader T, Schmalz G. Establishment of an optimized ex vivo system for artificial root canal infection evaluated by use of sodium hypochlorite and the photodynamic therapy. International Endodontic Journal, 46, 449-457, 2013. Aim To establish a refined model of artificially infected root canals and confirm its suitability as a sensitive ex vivo method to assess the efficacy of disinfecting agents. Disinfection was evaluated using sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), either blocked or unblocked by sodium thiosulphate, and a recently promoted method of disinfection, the antibacterial photodynamic therapy (PDT). Methodology The roots of bovine incisors were sectioned into three parts, the canals of coronal and middle regions were filled with a suspension of Enterococcus faecalis and the apical region with culture medium. After 7days, coronal sections were disinfected using NaOCl (0.5%, 1.0% and 3.0% for 30, 60 and 600s) or a system for photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT; Cumdente, Tubingen, Germany) for antibacterial PDT. Apical sections served as sterile controls and middle sections as bacterial growth controls. In half of the NaOCl-treated specimens, disinfection was arrested. Dentine chips from biopsies at different depths from the central canal towards the periphery were plated and assessed for colony-forming units (CFU). Disinfection was considered biologically relevant if the reduction of CFU was at least three log10 orders of magnitude. Results Colony-forming units of 103104 in growth controls indicated effective artificial infection. A biologically relevant reduction of CFU was accomplished with unblocked NaOCl, but not after blocking with NaOCl nor with PDT. Conclusions The system reliably detected disinfection of the root canal and dentinal tubules and proved suitable for ex vivo testing of root canal disinfection. The effect of NaOCl depended on the duration of impact. Under the present experimental conditions, the antibacterial PDT system did not achieve sufficient disinfection.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECALIS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTINAL TUBULES; ENDODONTIC TREATMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY; SCANNING-ELECTRON; BOVINE DENTIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTION; BACTERIA; Enterococcus faecalis; NaOCl; photodynamic therapy; root canal disinfection
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Zahnerhaltung und Parodontologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2020 06:04
Last Modified: 16 Apr 2020 06:04
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/16772

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