Can silver diamine fluoride or silver nanoparticle-based anticaries agents to affect enamel bond strength?

Jaqueline Costa Favaro; Yana Cosendey Toledo de Mello Peixoto; Omar Geha; Flaviana Alves Dias; Ricardo Danil Guiraldo; Murilo Baena Lopes; Sandrine Bittencourt Berger

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Research Article Can silver diamine fluoride or silver nanoparticle-based anticaries agents to affect enamel bond strength?: Jaqueline Costa Favaro, Yana Cosendey Toledo de Mello Peixoto, Omar Geha, Flaviana Alves Dias, Ricardo Danil Guiraldo, Murilo Baena Lopes, Sandrine Bittencourt Berger; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5395/rde.2021.46.e7
Published online: January 12, 2021

Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Parana, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

Correspondence to Sandrine Bittencourt Berger, DDS, MS, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Parana, Rua Marselha, 183, Londrina, PR 86041-140, Brazil. berger.sandrine@gmail.com

• Received: October 2, 2019 • Revised: August 16, 2020 • Accepted: August 21, 2020

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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ARTICLE INFORMATION
REFERENCES

Abstract

Objectives
The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of different anticaries agents, such as experimental agents based on silver nanoparticles (SNPs) and silver diamine fluoride (SDF), on the micro-shear bond strength (μ-SBS) of composite resin applied to intact enamel (IE) or demineralized enamel (DE).
Materials and Methods
Sixty dental enamel fragments were collected from human third molars and categorized into 6 groups (n = 10): positive control (IE), negative control (DE), IE + SDF, DE + SDF, IE + SNP and DE + SNP. Samples from DE, DE + SDF and DE + SNP groups were subjected to pH cycling; superficial microhardness test was performed to confirm demineralization. Resin composite build-ups were applied to the samples (0.75-mm diameter and 1-mm height) after the treatments (except for IE and DE groups); μ-SBS was also evaluated. Samples were analyzed under a stereomicroscope at 40× magnification to identify failure patterns. Data were subjected to one-way analysis of variance, followed by Tukey's and Dunnett's tests (p < 0.05).
Results
There was no significant difference among the IE, IE + SNP, DE + SDF, and DE + SNP groups. The IE + SDF and DE groups recorded the highest and the lowest μ-SBS values, respectively. Adhesive-type failures were the most frequent for all treatments.
Conclusions
Anticaries agents did not have a negative effect on the μ-SBS of composite resin when it was used on IE or DE.
Keywords: Cariostatic agents; Dental caries; Nanoparticles; Silver diamine fluoride

INTRODUCTION

The use of chemical agents to delay or stop caries progression without lesion removal has been documented in the literature since 1969 [1]. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a chemical agent that, once applied to the dental surface, increases enamel resistance, inhibits biofilm formation, decreases acid production by microorganisms, reduces the Streptococcus mutans population and promote dentinal tubule obliteration [2,3]. However, SDF changes the color of areas affected by caries into black due to the silver ion reduction process triggered by its formulation [4]. Such adverse effect restricts SDF use, although it is highly successful in stopping carious lesions [3,5,6,7].

Studies have investigated the use of silver nanoparticle (SNP) anticaries agents to prevent the aesthetic damage caused by SDF. Results suggested that SNP was potentially effective in preventing and stopping dental caries without staining the demineralized dental enamel [6,7]. SNPs have a large surface area available to interact with microorganisms, and it makes them more effective antimicrobial agents than other particles [7]. It is interesting to use fluoride associated with SNP solution due to their synergistic effect, which promotes enamel remineralization together with a bactericidal action against cariogenic microorganisms [6,8,9].

Studies have reported that the application of anticaries agents and fluoride on the dental surface can change the bond strength of restorative materials [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18]. However, the literature lacks information about the adhesion of resinous materials to enamel treated with SNP-based anticaries agents. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the interaction of materials used to reconstruct the lost dental structure on substrates modified by anticaries agents. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of anticaries agents (SNP or SDF) on the micro-shear bond strength (μ-SBS) of composite resin applied to intact enamel (IE) or demineralized enamel (DE). The null hypothesis tested is that the use of SDF or SNP on IE or DE did not affect μ-SBS values.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Sample selection and preparation

The current study was approved by the local ethics committee (protocol number 92548818.0.0000.0108). Thirty human molars, caries and enamel defects free, extracted for therapeutic purposes were used in this study. The teeth were cleaned right after their extraction and stored in 0.5% chloramine T solution for 7 days; next, they were stored in distilled water at 4°C until they were used in the experiment.

Enamel specimens were collected from the vestibular and lingual surfaces of each tooth (7 mm width × 4 mm length × 7 mm height). The enamel surfaces were fixed with acrylic resin (JET, Clássico, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) in PVC tube rings (Odeme Dental Research, Luzerna, SC, Brazil).

Enamel surfaces were abraded with 400, 600, 1,000, 1,200, and 1,500-grit silicon carbide paper and polished with abrasive paper and 1-µm diamond paste in electric polisher (APL4 Arotec S/A Ind. e Comércio, Cotia, SP, Brazil). Samples were then subjected to an ultrasonic bath in deionized water for 10 minutes (Model Ultrasonic Cleaner, Odontobras, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) to remove debris. Prepared specimens were examined under a stereomicroscope (Model Bel Photonics STM Pro, Bel Microimage Analyzer, Bel Photonics, Monza, Italy) at 40× magnification to confirm the absence of cracks or other surface defects. Specimens were stored in deionized water until the time to be used to avoid dehydration.

Enamel specimens were randomly categorized into 4 experimental and 2 control groups (n = 10). Table 1 shows the experimental groups and the composition of the anticaries agents.

Table 1

Experimental groups and anticaries agent composition

Experimental group	Anticaries agent composition
Positive control: IE	NA
Negative control: DE	NA
IE + 30% SDF^*	Silver nitrate, ammonium hydroxide, fluoroboric acid, deionized water
DE + SDF^*	Silver nitrate, ammonium hydroxide, fluoroboric acid, deionized water
IE + experimental solution with SNP^†	SNPs
DE + SNP^†	SNPs

IE, intact enamel; DE, demineralized enamel; SDF, silver diamine fluoride; SNP, silver nanoparticle; NA, not available.

^*Cariestop, Biodiâmica Química e Farmacêutica LTDA, Londrina, PR, Brazil; ^†Experimental solution, not commercially available.

pH-cycling regimen used to simulate initial caries

Samples from the DE, DE + SDF and DE + SNP groups were subjected to pH cycling at 37°C for 8 days. They were immersed 2 hours in demineralizing solution (0.05 mol/L acetate buffer, pH 5.0, 2 mL per sample comprising 1.28 mmol/L Ca, 0.74 mmol/L P and 0.03 μg/mL F) followed by 22 hours immersion in remineralizing solution (0.1 mol/L Tris buffer, pH 7.0, 2 mL per sample comprising 1.5 mmol/L Ca, 0.9 mmol/L P, 150 mmol/L KCl and 0.05 μg/mL) [11]. Solutions were renewed on a daily basis.

Microhardness test after pH cycling

The microhardness of samples subjected to pH cycling was analyzed in Shimadzu Micro Hardness Tester (Model HMV-G 21S, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan) by using a Knoop-type indenter with 50 g load for 10 seconds [19]. Three indentations were made 100 μm away from each other outward the center of the fragments. The mean values of the 3 measurements were calculated, and the results were used to represent the sample.

Application of anticaries agents

All samples were cleaned with water, pumice and Robinson's brush. They were also washed and dried using compressed air for 5 seconds. Two drops of SDF (Cariestop Biodinâmica Química e Farmacêutica LTDA, Ibiporã, PR, Brazil) or SNP (experimental solution based on SNPs) was applied using a micro brush for 3 minutes on each sample. Subsequently, they were washed and stored in distilled water at 37°C. Treatments were performed only once.

Adhesive procedure

A 2-steps total-etch bonding system was used (Adper Single Bond 2, 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA) for adhesive procedures. Thirty-seven percent (37%) phosphoric acidic (Dentsply, Petropolis, RJ, Brazil) was applied on the flat enamel surface for 30 seconds; next, samples were washed for additional 30 seconds and air-dried for 5 seconds. The bonding agent was applied with the aid of a brush; light-curing was carried out by using a LED curing unit (Radii-cal, SDI, Baywater, VIC, Australia) at a light intensity of 1,200 mW/cm². Subsequently, 3 Tygon matrices (TYG-030, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic, Maime Lakes, FL, USA)—0.75-mm diameter and 1-mm height—were positioned on each sample using a clinical clamp. Composite resin (Filtek Z350, 3M ESPE) was applied to the matrix in a single increment with the aid of a calcium hydroxide applicator and light-cured for 40 seconds (Radii-cal, SDI) to produce resin composite cylinders. The samples were stored at 37 °C for 24 hours until bond strength measurements.

μ-SBS

The Tygon matrix was carefully removed 24 hours after the adhesive procedure. The excess of composite and bonding agents in the enamel was removed with scalpel blade No. 11. Each resin cylinder was individually wrapped in steel wire (0.2-mm diameter), which was fixed to the shear device coupled to a universal test machine (EMIC DL 2000, Equipment and Testing Systems, EMIC, São José dos Pinhais, PR, Brazil). The μ-SBS test was performed at a speed of 0.5 mm/min until a fracture was produced. The shear strength value was transformed into megapascal (MPa) by using the load value indicated at fracture time (in Newtons) and divided by the inner surface area of the cylinder.

Assessment of failure modes

All samples were observed under a stereomicroscope (Bel Microimage Analyser, Bel Photonics) at 40× magnification in order to identify failure patterns. Failure modes were classified into the following 3 groups: adhesive (lack of adhesion), cohesive (tooth substrate or resin composite failure) or mixed (adhesive and cohesive failures).

Statistical analysis

Data were tabulated; normality and homoscedasticity of all data were assessed through Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Bartlett's tests, respectively, in the Minitab 16 for Windows 8 software (Minitab Inc., Pennsylvania State College, Philadelphia, PA, USA). Data presented normal distribution (p > 0.05) and homoscedasticity (p > 0.05). Thus, one-way analysis of variance was applied, followed by Tukey's test at 5% significance level. Dunnett's test was used to compare the experimental groups with the control groups (positive and negative control groups). The power analysis was 0.92 considering 6 groups, 10 samples per group, the maximum difference between the averages of 14.5 MPa and the standard deviation of 7.3 MPa.

RESULTS

μ-SBS

Table 2 shows the mean μ-SBS values (in MPa) and the standard deviation of the groups. The μ-SBS values recorded for demineralized groups treated with anticaries agents (DE + SDF: 30.10 MPa and DE + SNP: 26.10 MPa) were similar to those recorded for the positive control (IE: 33.00 MPa). Furthermore, IE groups treated with SDF (47.50 MPa) or SNP (42.50 MPa) have shown a significant μ-SBS increase in comparison to the demineralized group. Moreover, the μ-SBS value recorded for the IE + SDF group was statistically higher than that of the IE group. In addition, the IE group (33.00 MPa) recorded a significantly higher µ-SBS value than DE (18.90 MPa).

Table 2

Mean ± standard deviation micro-shear bond strength (μ-SBS) values according to the experimental groups

Substrate	SDF	SNP
IE	47.50 ± 11.60^Aa*	42.50 ± 12.10^Aa*
DE	30.10 ± 9.50^Ba†	26.10 ± 8.10^Ba†
Positive control	33.00 ± 11.80^*
Negative control	18.90 ± 2.50^†

IE, intact enamel; DE, demineralized enamel; SDF, silver diamine fluoride; SNP, silver nanoparticle.

Mean values followed by different upper case letters, in columns, comparing the treatments, are statistically different according to Tukey's test (p < 0.05). Mean values followed by lower case letters, in rows, comparing the enamel surface, are statistically different according to Tukey's test (p < 0.05).

^*Statistically different from the negative control group according to Dunnett's test (p < 0.05); ^†Statistically different from the positive control group according to Dunnett's test (p < 0.05).

Failure modes

Figure 1 depicts the failure modes of the resin composite bonded to the enamel from each group. Adhesive failure was the prevalent fracture mode observed in all groups, and it was followed by mixed and cohesive failures, respectively.

Figure 1

Details of all the fracture modes according to the experimental groups.

IE, intact enamel; DE, demineralized enamel; SDF, silver diamine fluoride; SNP, silver nanoparticle.

DISCUSSION

This in vitro study investigated the effect of an experimental agent based on SNPs and SDF on the μ-SBS of IE and artificially DE. The experimental agent based on SNPs was the material of choice because this solution presents anticaries actions similar to those of SDF [5,6,7,9,11]. Based on the results obtained in the current study, the null hypothesis was accepted since there was no significant difference in μ-SBS between resin composite and dental structure when the treatments were used.

The μ-SBS test was used to measure resin composite adhesion resistance to human dental enamel (IE and DE) and to avoid the non-uniform distribution of interfacial tension during the micro-shear test [20,21]. Moreover, results have shown that the IE-surface pretreatment with anticaries agents did not decrease the μ-SBS of the resin composite in comparison to that of the untreated IE group. Furthermore, the use of SDF led to improved bond strength values; the same effect was reported by Pérez-Hernández et al. [22]. This may have happened because SDF reacts to the mineral hydroxyapatite in the tooth in order to form calcium fluoride and silver phosphate, which are responsible for preventing and remineralizing caries [2]. This reaction changes the enamel surface, which may explain the greater bond strength in the IE pretreated with SDF.

However, demineralized groups treated with anticaries agents before the adhesive procedure have shown lower μ-SBS values than the IE groups previously treated with SDF or SNP. It may have happened because enamel surface demineralization decreases the μ-SBS in composites due to its morphological changes that occurred on the surface [10,12,13].

Kucukyilmaz et al. [13] reported decreased resin composite bond strength in intact and demineralized dental surfaces treated with SDF. These results can be explained by several factors such as the effect of enamel demineralization on the reduction of resin composite μ-SBS, as reported above, and the negative effect of fluoride on mechanisms of adhesion to the tooth structure. Fluoride remineralization action changes enamel surface, which can decrease the adhesion of restorative materials to the dental enamel [6,10]. This phenomenon may have happened in this study, as reported by William et al. [14], who observed a significant decrease of resin composite μ-SBS on hypomineralized enamel.

Despite the reduced μ-SBS observed for DE groups previously treated with anticaries agents, values found (SDF: 30.10 MPa and SNP: 26.10 MPa) in the current study were higher than the bond strength required to assure resin composite retention to anterior or posterior teeth (17–24 MPa) [10,23]. These values suggest the possibility of using remineralizing agents such as SDF, as well as the experimental agent used in the present study, before restorations with resins composite. This effect can be explained by SNPs' size and shape in this study. The SNPs presented spherical size (7 ± 30 nm) dispersed in a colloidal solution. Failure pattern analysis indicated the prevalence of adhesive failures over cohesive or mixed failures, which indicates that the bond strength values observed in the micro-shear test were obtained from the adhesive interface (dental structure and resin composite) [16].

The bond strength effectiveness between SDF pretreated demineralized tooth surface to resin composite has already been reported in the literature. However, such studies have reported dark staining on the surface of the samples, SNP anti-caries does not compromise esthetics [17,18,24]. The disadvantage of using SDF is the appearance of black spots on the tooth structure, which restricts its use despite their high success rate [3,5,6,7,18]. Results of this study suggest that composite restorations on decayed teeth treated with the experimental anticaries agent are possible. Its bond strength was similar to SDF, without the disadvantage of staining the dental surface.

The limitation of the current in vitro study lies on the impossibility to confirm the effect of different anticaries agents on the resin composite in the oral cavity. Nevertheless, further in situ and clinical studies should be conducted to confirm these in vitro findings.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of anticaries agents (SDF and SNP) did not reduce the SBS of resin composite when they are used on the intact or artificially demineralized dental enamel. Thus, anticaries agents, tested in this study, can be used as a pretreatment prior to resin restoration contributing to caries prevention.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001 and National Foundation for the Development of Private Higher Education (FUNADESP).

ARTICLE INFORMATION

Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Author Contributions:

Conceptualization: Berger SB.
Data curation: Favaro JC, Geha O.
Formal analysis: Favaro JC, Geha O, Guiraldo RD, Lopes MB, Berger SB.
Investigation: Favaro JC, Mello-Peixoto YCT, Geha O, Guiraldo RD.
Methodology: Favaro JC, Geha O, Guiraldo RD, Lopes MB.
Project administration: Berger SB.
Resources: Guiraldo RD.
Supervision: Berger SB.
Validation: Favaro JC, Geha O, Dias FA.
Visualization: Favaro JC, Geha O.
Writing - original draft: Favaro JC, Dias FA.
Writing - review & editing: Favaro JC, Geha O, Guiraldo RD, Lopes MB, Dias FA, Berger SB.

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