Removal of Dental Biofilms with an Ultrasonically Activated Water Stream

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1303-1309

  Howlin, R P ^a,b   Fabbri, S ^b   Offin, D G ^b   Symonds, N ^b   Kiang, K S ^b   Knee, R J ^b   Yoganantham, D C ^b   Webb, J S ^a   Birkin, P R ^b   Leighton, T G ^b   Stoodley, P ^b,c  

^a University of Southampton   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; caries; dental hygiene; infection control; microbiology; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOFILM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND;

BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 84940099239     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034515589284     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aas JA, Paster BJ, Stoke LN, Olsen I, Dewhirst FE,. 2005. Defining the normal bacterial flora of the oral cavity. J Clin Microbiol. 43 (11): 5721-5732.
2. Aspiras M, Stoodley P, Nistico L, Longwell M, de Jager M,. 2010. Clinical implications of power toothbrushing on fluoride delivery: effects on biofilm plaque metabolism and physiology. Int J Dent. 2010: 651869.
3. Brading MG, Marsh PD,. 2003. The oral environment: the challenge for antimicrobials in oral care products. Int Dent J. 53 (6 Suppl 1): 353-362.
4. Doinikov AA,. 2001. Translational motion of two interacting bubbles in a strong acoustic field. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 64 (2 Pt 2): 026301.
5. Falsetta ML, Klein MI, Lemos JA, Silva BB, Agidi S, Scott-Anne KK, Koo H,. 2012. Novel antibiofilm chemotherapy targets exopolysaccharide synthesis and stress tolerance in Streptococcus mutans to modulate virulence expression in vivo. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 56 (12): 6201-6211.
6. Forssten SD, Björklund M, Ouwehand AC,. 2010. Streptococcus mutans, caries and simulation models. Nutrients. 2 (3): 290-298.
7. Frenkel ES, Ribbeck K,. 2015. Salivary mucins protect surfaces from colonization by cariogenic bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 81 (1) 332-338.
8. García-Godoy F, Hicks MJ,. 2008. Maintaining the integrity of the enamel surface: the role of dental biofilm, saliva and preventive agents in enamel demineralization and remineralization. J Am Dent Assoc. 139 (Suppl 2): 25S-34S.
9. Gomez-Suarez C, Busscher HJ, van der Mei HC,. 2001. Analysis of bacterial detachment from substratum surfaces by the passage of air-liquid interfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol. 67 (6): 2531-2537.
10. Halford A, Ohl CD, Azarpazhooh A, Basrani B, Friedman S, Kishen A,. 2012. Synergistic effect of microbubble emulsion and sonic or ultrasonic agitation on endodontic biofilm in vitro. J Endod. 38 (11): 1530-1534.
11. Heydorn A, Nielsen AT, Hentzer M, Sternberg C, Givskov M, Ersbøll BK, Molin S,. 2000. Quantification of biofilm structures by the novel computer program COMSTAT. Microbiology. 146 (10): 2395-2407.
12. Larsen T, Fiehn NE,. 1996. Resistance of Streptococcus sanguis biofilms to antimicrobial agents. Apmis. 104 (4): 280-284.
13. Lea SC, Price GJ, Walmsley AD,. 2005. A study to determine whether cavitation occurs around dental ultrasonic scaling instruments. Ultrason Sonochem. 12 (3): 233-236.
14. Leighton TG., 1994. The acoustic bubble. New York (NY): Academic Press.
15. Leighton TG, Vian CJB, Birkin PR, inventors; University of Southampton, assignee. 2011. Cleaning apparatus and method, and monitoring thereof. Patent PCT/EP2010/062448.
16. Lemos JA, Quivey RG Jr, Koo H, Abranches J,. 2013. Streptococcus mutans: a new Gram-positive paradigm? Microbiology. 159 (Pt 3): 436-445.
17. Marsh PD,. 2003. Are dental diseases examples of ecological catastrophes? Microbiology. 149 (Pt 2): 279-294.
18. Marsh PD,. 2010. Controlling the oral biofilm with antimicrobials. J Dent. 38 (Suppl 1): S11-S15.
19. Offin DG, Birkin PR, Leighton TG,. 2014. An electrochemical and high-speed imaging study of micropore decontamination by acoustic bubble entrapment. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 16 (10): 4982-4989.
20. OLeary R, Sved AM, Davies EH, Leighton TG, Wilson M, Kieser JB,. 1997. The bactericidal effects of dental ultrasound on Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis. J Clin Periodontol. 24 (6): 432-439.
21. Parini MR, Pitt WG,. 2005. Removal of oral biofilms by bubbles: the effect of bubble impingement angle and sonic waves. J Am Dent Assoc. 136 (12): 1688-1693.
22. Parini MR, Pitt WG,. 2006. Dynamic removal of oral biofilms by bubbles. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 52 (1): 39-46.
23. Pascaretti-Grizon F, Mabillaeu G, Chappard D,. 2013. Abrasion of 6 dentrifices measured by vertical scanning interference microscopy. J Appl Oral Sci. 21 (5): 475-481.
24. Rmaile A, Carugo D, Capretto L, Aspiras M, De Jager M, Ward M, Stoodley P,. 2014. Removal of interproximal dental biofilms by high-velocity water microdrops. J Dent Res. 93 (1): 68-73.
25. Rooney JA,. 1970. Hemolysis near an ultrasonically pulsating gas bubble. Science. 169 (3948): 869-871.
26. Rugg-Gunn A,. 2013. Dental caries: strategies to control this preventable disease. Acta Med Acad. 42 (2): 117-130.
27. Shani S, Friedman M, Steinberg D,. 2000. The anticariogenic effect of amine fluorides on Streptococcus sobrinus and glucosyltransferase in biofilms. Caries Res. 34 (3): 260-267.
28. Stricker L, Dollet B, Fernandez Rivas D, Lohse D,. 2013. Interacting bubble clouds and their sonochemical production. J Acoust Soc Am. 134 (3): 1854-1862.
29. von Ohle C, Gieseke A, Nistico L, Decker EM, deBeer D, Stoodley P,. 2010. Real-time microsensor measurement of local metabolic activities in ex vivo dental biofilms exposed to sucrose and treated with chlorhexidine. Appl Environ Microbiol. 76 (7): 2326-2334.
30. Zaura E, Keijser BJ, Huse SM, Crielaard W,. 2009. Defining the healthy "core microbiome" of oral microbial communities. BMC Microbiol. 15 (9): 259.