Frequency of intake and amount of fluoride in milk for remineralisation of artificial caries on enamel and dentine: Ex vivo/in situ study

• Autor(a) principal: Cassiano, Luiza
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Pessan, Juliano [UNESP], Comar, Livia, Levy, Flavia, Cardoso, Cristiane, Dionisio, Aline, Manarelli, Michele [UNESP], Grizzo, Larissa, Magalhães, Ana Carolina, Buzalaf, Marília
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2016.10.005; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/176953
• topic: Caries; Dentine; Enamel; Fluoride; Milk; Remineralisation

Objectives This study analysed the effect of frequency of intake and amount of fluoride in milk on the remineralisation of artificial enamel and dentine caries lesions ex vivo/in situ. Materials and methods Pre-demineralised bovine enamel and dentine slabs were randomly allocated into 5 groups and fixed in removable appliances used by subjects for 7 days in each phase. Each treatment comprised milk containing 2.5 ppm fluoride daily (T1), or every other day (T2), 5.0 ppm F daily (T3), or every other day (T4) or no treatment (T5). Results Enamel alterations were quantified by surface hardness recovery (%SHR) and transversal microradiography (TMR), and in dentine by TMR only. Data were analysed by ANOVA and Tukey's test (p < 0.05). For enamel, the highest %SHR was found for T1 and T3 compared to control, without significant differences between them. All groups showed positive values of ΔΔZ − T1 (247.3 ± 198.5); T2 (110.9 ± 303.2); T3 (226.0 ± 299.2); T5 (5.0 ± 288.0), except T4 (−274.5 ± 407.3). For dentine, the only group that presented remineralisation was T2 (350.0 ± 657.5). Conclusions Fluoridated milk daily seems to have higher remineralising effect on enamel than its use every other day. Dentine, does not seem to benefit from daily use of fluoridated milk.