EFFECTS ON TOOTH ENAMEL BY USING THREE DIFFERENT STRIPPING METHODS

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Martha Carolina García Vargas

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, sede Medellín

Fabián Andrés Montoya Toro

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Iader Paul Salamanca Mojica

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Elizabeth Figueroa Valbuena

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

María del Carmen Castro Figueroa

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Linda Piedad Delgado Perdomo

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Liliana Carolina Báez Quintero

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Objective: the goal of this study is to compare the effects on tooth enamel by using three stripping methods. Materials and methods: experimental in-vitro study. Twenty premolars were analyzed, divided in four groups, one control group and other three experimental groups in which stripping was made using diamond-coated metal strips, fine diamond bur, and fine diamond disks. Surface features were assessed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), roughness test (Ra) and micro-hardness test (Hardness Vickers, HV).

Results: differences among values from three stripping methods weren’t statistically significant. Average reduction to these three methods was 0.38 mm by tooth, being greater with disc and bur; otherwise SEM reported greater surface irregularity in group of diamond-coated metal strip. For roughness test the surfaces using fine diamond bur reported greater roughness average (Ra= 0.54 ± 0.20), a value statistically significant compared to control group (p= 0.001). For micro-hardness test the surfaces with greater values were those ones using diamond bur (365 ± 26.9).

Conclusions: all the worked surfaces were morphologically altered and an increased roughness, especially the stripping applied with fine diamond bur and diamond-coated metal strip.

Keywords: diamond disk, diamond bur, diamond-coated metal strip, tooth enamel stripping

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2014-01-19
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