ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ANTIBIOTIC PASTES USED IN PULP THERAPY THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH A MULTISPECIES BIOFILM: A PILOT STUDY

• Autor(a) principal: Sancas, Mariana
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: de Souza, Anne Caroline Lunardi, Monteiro, Amanda Souza Nunnes, Pintor, Andréa Vaz Braga, Duarte, Maysa Lannes, Primo, Laura Salignac de Souza Guimarães
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica do CRO-RJ (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cro-rj.org.br/revcientifica/index.php/revista/article/view/127
• topic: dente decíduo; tratamento de canal radicular; combinação de medicamentos; agentes antibacterianos; testes de sensibilidade microbiana; deciduous tooth; root canal treatment; drug combination; antibacterial agents; microbial sensitivity tests

Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of antibiotic pastes used in lesion sterilization and tissue repair (LSTR) technique, through a novel membrane direct contact methodology against a multispecies biofilm and to establish appropriate dilutions for this method. Methods: CTZ (chloramphenicol, tetracycline, zinc oxide) and two formulations of 3Mix pastes (ciprofloxacin, metronidazole, and minocycline), 3Mix1 and 3Mix3, were evaluated with negative (0.9% saline) and positive (chlorhexidine 0.2%) control groups. Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis (24-hour) biofilms (n=10) grown on cellulose membranes were directlyexposed to standardized amounts of fresh pastes and control solutions (n=2) for 24h. Membranes were immersed in 900 ?l of saline solution, and seven serial dilutions were made for each sample. Plating for each dilution (n=2) was performed on culture media for microbial colony-forming unit (CFU) counting of totalmicroorganisms, Candida spp. and Enterococcus spp. Aiming the comparison between groups, CFU quantification data were transformed into log10 CFU / mL and the Mann-Whitney test was applied (p<0.05). Results: Inhibition of CFU was observed for all pastes, with greatest effects for CTZ paste in medium selective for Candida spp. (p<0.001) and 3Mix1 in non-selective (p<0.000) and selective for Enterococcus spp. (p<0.004). Conclusion: The pastes showed antimicrobial activity against the tested multispecies biofilm, and the proposed direct contact methodology was efficient. Moreover, the dilutions used proved to be appropriatefor this methodology.