Background and Aim: Polish and glaze are 2 methods to decrease roughness and bacterial adhesion to the ceramic surfaces. This in vitro study assessed the effect of polish and glaze on the bacterial adhesion of 3 ceramics. Materials and Methods: In this in vitro trial, samples of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate, lithium disilicate and monolithic zirconia ceramic specimens were milled by CAD/CAM device from the blocks and sintered in the oven. The specimens were polished, glazed or remained intact with no preparations as a control group. The specimens' surface roughness were assessed by a profilometer followed by exposing to streptococcus mutans bacterium. The bacterium suspension were inoculated in wells containing tryptic soy broth + 0.2% glucose and ceramic specimens were placed into the wells. The plates were incubated for 48 hours at 37C° to form biofilms on the specimens. After washing, biofilm fix and ethanol removal, 1ml 0.4% crystal violet dye were added. The dye was removed and after washing, 1mm 30% acetic acid was added and 200 µl of the wells containing were transferred to a 96-well plate.The observations of streptococcus mutans adhesion to ceramic specimens were done by SEM. Two-way analysis of variance was used for evaluation of ceramic type and preparation effects and one-way variance and tukey tests were used for intragroup evaluations. Results: In the Zolid ceramics, significantly higher bacterial adhesion were noted in the glazed than polished specimens (p=0.005). In the glazed specimens, significantly higher bacterial adhesion were noted in the Zolid ceramic than Suprinity (p=0.01) or IPS.Emax (p=0.009) ceramics. Conclusion: Then, the surface preparation method showed significant effect on the bacterial adhesion only in Zolid ceramic. Except to polished Zolid ceramics, all ceramics and preparation techniques showed bacterial adhesion.
nourbakhsh M, kalantari S, Zarbakhsh A, Kashef N. The Effect of Polishing and Glazing Procedure on Streptococcus Mutans Adhesion of Three CAD/CAM Ceramics (in vitro). J Res Dent Sci 2022; 19 (1) :8-20 URL: http://jrds.ir/article-1-1261-en.html