universidade de são paulo - Faculdade de Odontologia - Unesp
universidade de são paulo - Faculdade de Odontologia - Unesp
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Zamperini CA. Effects of different plasma treatments and variations in the<br />
collection, preparation and preconditioning with saliva on Candida adhesion to a<br />
<strong>de</strong>nture base acrylic resin [Tese <strong>de</strong> Doutorado]. Araraquara: Faculda<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />
<strong>Odontologia</strong> da UNESP; 2011.<br />
Abstract<br />
The adhesion of Candida to <strong>de</strong>nture surfaces is the initial step for<br />
occurrence of <strong>de</strong>nture stomatitis. Among the various factors involved on Candida<br />
adhesion to polymeric surfaces are the hydrophobic and eletrostatic interactions,<br />
surface roughness and pellicle salivary. Hence, the aims of this study were: to<br />
investigate the potential of different plasma treatments (Ar/50W; ArO 2 /70W;<br />
AAt/130W; ArSF 6 /70W) to modify a <strong>de</strong>nture base acrylic resin (VIPIWAVE) to<br />
reduce the Candida albicans adhesion (ATCC 90028), evaluated by XTT<br />
reduction assay and crystal violet staining. The effect of surface roughness and<br />
saliva coating was also evaluated; to investigate the potential of two plasma<br />
treatments (Ar/50W; AAt/130W) to modify a <strong>de</strong>nture base acrylic resin to reduce<br />
the Candida glabrata adhesion (ATCC 2001), evaluated by crystal violet staining.<br />
Moreover, the effect of saliva coating was also evaluated; and to assess the effect<br />
of different periods of preconditioning with saliva (0 min; 30 min; 60 min; 180<br />
min; 720 min), variations in the centrifugation parameters (speed and time) and<br />
number of donors of saliva on Candida albicans adhesion to a <strong>de</strong>nture base resin<br />
using crystal violet staining and XTT reduction assay. Additionally, the<br />
correlation between the two methods used for assessing Candida albicans<br />
adhesion was also evaluated. The results obtained <strong>de</strong>monstrated that the plasma<br />
treatments were effective in modifying hydrophobicity or incorporation of<br />
fluorine into acrylic resin. However, there were significant alterations in the<br />
contact angle measured after immersion in water. Groups ArO 2 /70W and<br />
ArSF 6 /70W showed significantly lower absorbance readings to Candida albicans<br />
adhesion than the other groups. No statistically significant difference in the