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. 2023 Feb;131(1):e12911.
doi: 10.1111/eos.12911. Epub 2022 Dec 30.

Microbial adhesion and viability on novel CAD/CAM framework materials for implant-supported hybrid prostheses

Stefan Vulović  1 , Aleksandra Popovac  1 , Milena Radunović  2 , Sanja Petrović  2 , Miloš Todorović  3 , Aleksandra Milić-Lemić  1
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Microbial adhesion and viability on novel CAD/CAM framework materials for implant-supported hybrid prostheses

Stefan Vulović et al. Eur J Oral Sci. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the adhesion and viability of Streptococcus oralis and Candida albicans under in vitro conditions on CAD/CAM framework materials for implant-supported hybrid prostheses. Twenty-nine specimens were prepared from each of three different materials: ZR (zirconia), PEEK (polyether ether ketone) and CoCr4 (CoCr4 alloy). The experimental part included surface roughness (SR) and contact angle of water (CAW) measurements, followed by colony forming unit (CFU), cell viability assay and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses of Strep. oralis and C. albicans biofilms on the materials' surfaces. Kruskal-Wallis and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests were used for differences between materials, and the correlation between measurements was estimated using Spearman's correlation coefficient. PEEK specimens revealed higher SR, CAW and CFU mean values, than ZR and CoCr4 specimens. Strong positive correlation was found between SR and CFU and between CAW and CFU for both microbial species. Cell viability assay revealed similar values for both species across materials. Higher numbers of Strep. oralis and C. albicans on PEEK specimens confirm the impact of the higher surface roughness and contact angle values on the microbial adhesion and describes PEEK as less desirable than ZR and CoCr4 from microbiological aspect.

Keywords: colony forming unit; contact angle; scanning electron microscopy; surface roughness.

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