The effect of the electromagnetic field on metabolic-active bacterial biofilm experimentallyinduced on titanium dental implants.
New Microbiol
; 46(2): 202-206, 2023 May.
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| ID: mdl-37247241
ABSTRACT
Microbial biofilm is of paramount importance in the development of mucositis or peri-implantitis in patients with dental implants. This study was designed to investigate whether an electromagnetic field at high frequency waves directly applied on 33 titanium implants could remove experimentally-induced Enterococcus faecalis bacterial biofilm. A specially designed device (X-IMPLANT) was used to generate the electromagnetic field, with output power of 8 W, supply frequency (action/pause) 3/2s, and an output frequency of 625±5% kHz in plastic devices containing the biofilm-covered implants immersed in sterile saline. The bacterial biofilm on both treated and untreated control implants was quantitatively measured by phenol red-based Bio-Timer-Assay reagent. The kinetic analysis of the curves showed that the electrical treatment generated by the X-IMPLANT device completely removed the bacterial biofilm after 30 minutes of treatment (p<0.01). Elimination of the biofilm was also confirmed by chromatic observation in the macro-method. Our data seem to indicate that the procedure could be considered for clinical application in peri-implantitis to counteract bacterial biofilm on dental implants.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Dental Implants
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Peri-Implantitis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
New Microbiol
Journal subject:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy