Objective: To evaluate the restorations microleakage in three materials with and without 2% chlorhexidine (CHX) pre-treatment and in two storage times.Materials and methods: 120 class V cavities were prepared in healthy bovine incisors, divided according to restorative material: CCR (conventional composite resin); CBFR (composite bulk fill resin) and GIC (resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement) and subdivided according to storage time (7 and 60 days) and pretreatment (with or without CHX), with 10 wells for each subgroup. After the restorative procedure of each subgroup, the teeth were sealed and immersed in 0.5% basic fuchsin buffer for 24 hours. The teeth were sectioned and analyzed for the degree of microleakage.Results: Data were submitted to Kruskall-Wallis analysis, which showed no statistically significant differences between the variables evaluated.
Conclusion:Based on the results found, the pre-treatment with chlorhexidine did not interfere in the marginal microleakage scores for the different storage times and in the different types of materials used.
This study aimed to assess the effects of adding chlorhexidine (CHX) to different adhesive systems on antibacterial activity and bond strength after 24 hours and 30 days under in vitro conditions. A total of 210 bovine incisor crowns and divided into three groups, based on the adhesive system: Single Bond Plus (SB), Clearfil SE Bond (CL), and AdheSE Primer and Bond (AD). All groups were subdivided by CHX concentration (n=7): no CHX, CHX applied before the adhesive (CPA), and the adhesive incorporated with 0.5% CHX, 1.0% CHX, and 2.0% CHX. The micro shear test was conducted on one-half of the specimens after 24 hours, and on the other half after 30 days. Antibacterial activity was evaluated using the agar diffusion test with Streptococcus mutans. The bond strength variable was assessed using the factorial analysis of variance for repeated measurements, whereas the variable of the bacterial halo size was subjected to the Kruskal–Wallis nonparametric test. The significance level was 5% for both tests. The qualitative variable of fracture pattern was assessed by descriptive statistical analysis. Thus, CHX concentration of 2% (10.80 ±2.83) and CPA (9.95 ±1.47) (p >0.05) helped to increase the bond strength values for most adhesive systems, whereas CL had the highest bond strength values. The CL adhesive system also presented the best results in the antibacterial test with S.mutans.
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