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. 2022 Oct;37(8):3259-3268.
doi: 10.1007/s10103-022-03615-y. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

A comparison of human dental pulp stem cell activity cultured on sandblasted titanium discs decontaminated with Er:YAG laser and air-powder abrasion: an in vitro study

Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh  1 , Reza Amid  1   2 , Maedeh Gilvari Sarshari  3 , Massoud Mojahedi  4 , Ardavan Parhizkar  2
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A comparison of human dental pulp stem cell activity cultured on sandblasted titanium discs decontaminated with Er:YAG laser and air-powder abrasion: an in vitro study

Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh et al. Lasers Med Sci. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Decontamination of implant surfaces is important to the treatment of peri-implantitis. Er:YAG laser and air-powder abrasion system are regarded as the most effective means of decontamination of implant surfaces. The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the activity of human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) cultured on decontaminated sandblasted titanium discs using Er:YAG laser irradiation and air-powder abrasion. Forty-five titanium discs were contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria and fifteen titanium discs served as sterile control groups. Thirty contaminated titanium discs were decontaminated with Er:YAG laser or air-powder abrasion system and fifteen contaminated discs were used as contaminated control group. Afterwards, hDPSCs were seeded on all sixty experimental titanium discs. The effects of two decontamination tools on hDPSCs viability were evaluated by MTT assay. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay, quantitative real-time PCR analysis and alizarin red staining method were performed to assess hDPSCs osteogenic differentiation. Scanning microscope electron (SEM) was also used to evaluate the effects of two different decontaminated methods on cellular morphology. Our study showed that decontamination using Er:YAG laser caused maximum cell viability. However, the ALP activity was not different in laser and air-abrasion groups. The significant expression of an osteoblastic marker and stronger Alizarin red staining were observed in laser irradiation groups. In addition, SEM observation indicated that grown cells were more stretched and more filopodia in Er:YAG-treated discs. In the present study, Er:YAG laser and air-powder abrasion improved the activity of the cells cultured on the decontaminated titanium discs. However, in comparison with air-powder abrasion, Er:YAG laser was more effective.

Keywords: Bacterial contamination; Er:YAG laser; Mesenchymal stem cells; Peri-implantitis; Titanium surface.

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