[Amalgam, composite and compomer: microbiological study]

Odontostomatol Trop. 2012 Mar;35(137):44-50.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Restorative materials have different consequences on the periodontium. The surface of these materials may influence gingival health and cause in some instances gingival inflammation. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare, in a healthy periodontium, intracrevicular plaque bacteria (Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Tannerella forsythensis and Treponema denticola), at day 0 and at 6 months, around subgingivally located amalgam, composite and compomer fillings. All the tests were negative (less than 0.1% of the sum of 103 cells), since none of the investigated pathogens were detected. It has been concluded that the material used does not have direct effect on the bacteria species developed around the restorations at this short time period.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacteria, Anaerobic / isolation & purification*
  • Compomers*
  • Composite Resins*
  • Dental Amalgam*
  • Dental Restoration, Permanent / classification
  • Dental Restoration, Permanent / methods*
  • Female
  • Gingiva / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tooth Cervix
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Compomers
  • Composite Resins
  • Dental Amalgam