Evaluation of the surface roughness of materials recommended for the art technique after immersion in diet simulation solutions
International Journal of Development Research
Evaluation of the surface roughness of materials recommended for the art technique after immersion in diet simulation solutions
Received 10th July, 2021; Received in revised form 19th August, 2021; Accepted 28th September, 2021; Published online 23rd October, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Cintia Iara Oda Carvalhal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) is a form of treatment that uses glass ionomer cement as a restorative material and manual cutting instruments. The objective of this in vitro study was to verify the behavior of the glass ionomeras a function of the exposure to the following solutions: saliva, milk, cola-flavored soda, orange juice and cupuaçu((Theobromagrandiflorum) juice. A total of 75 samples were produced usingKetacTM Molar Easymix, Magic Glass and ChemflexTM, which then were stored for 24 h in an oven at 37 oC. After reading the initial surface roughness, the materials were randomly divided into 5 groups of 5 specimens each. Subsequent readings were performed 1, 7, 15 and 30 days after the immersion of the materials in the solutions. The immersions were 5 minutes daily, with the control group immersed in artificial saliva. The results were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the means compared usingthe Tukey test. The material that showed the best result was Chemflex, followed by Ketac Molar Easymix and Magic Glass.
