Abstract
Aim: Evaluation in vitro the antibacterial effect of new bioactive composite restorative material (Activa)in comparison to two different bioactive materials on Streptococcus mutans, and lactobacillus acidophilus.Materials and Method: Three types of bioactive restorative materials were used. The materials used inthis study were Bioactive composite Activabioactive composite (A1), FUJI II LCCapsules (A2) and FujiIX Extra Capsules (A3). Each restorative materialwere manipulated in accordance with manufacturer’sguidelines and embedded in wells made-up inplates of trypticase soy agar seeded with Streptococcus mutans(B1) and Lactobacillus MRS agar seeded with Lactobacillusacidophilus (B2). The antibacterial activity wasevaluated by using a caliper to measure the diameter of growth inhibitionzones after 1 day, 1 week, 2weeksand3weeks.Results: The results of the tested materials were collected, statistically analyzed using the ANOVA test todetermine the difference between the mean diameters of the inhibition zone produced. The results indicatethat Fuji IX hadhigher antibacterial effects in comparison with the other Activa Bioactive materials andFujiII LC.Conclusion: All three different bioactive materials promoted growth inhibition of the cariogenic bacteriaassayed. Fuji IX glass-ionomer showed the highest efficacy and durability against the tested strains.
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