The impact of biological properties of bioactive glasses on enamel during artificial erosive tooth wear.

Dimitrios Dionysopoulos, Petros Mourouzis, Avraam Konstantinidis, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Kosmas Tolidis, Robert G Hill

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Dimitrios DionysopoulosDepartment of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Petros MourouzisDepartment of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Avraam KonstantinidisDepartment of Civil Engineering, Division of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Lambrini PapadopoulouDepartment of Mineralogy-Petrology-Economic Geology, School of Geology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kosmas TolidisDepartment of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Robert G HillInstitute of Dentistry, Dental Physical Sciences Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of air-abrasion with two bioactive glasses (BAGs) on enamel surface against erosion/abrasion challenge. Materials and methods: Thirty human third molars were collected, and enamel specimens were prepared and randomly assigned to three groups ( Results: BAG treatments significantly reduced surface loss (38.7-46.7%) and increased surface hardness (6.3-8.9%) and roughness in enamel ( Conclusions: Air-abrasion treatment with BAGs can provide a protective effect against early ETW, particularly under conditions that simulate gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related defects. Clinically, this implies that BAG air-abrasion may serve as a minimally invasive preventive treatment for patients at high risk of ETW, such as those with GERD.

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air-abrasionbioactive glassenamelerosion/abrasion challengesurface hardnesssurface loss

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PMID41907116

DOI10.2340/biid.v13.45670

PMCPMC13019126

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