NDLI: Bactericidal applications of Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma in dental care

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Author	Shen-Bin Wu Chih-Hung Liu Mei-Chih Wang Chung-Ping Chiang Chan-Hsing Lo
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan (Shen-Bin Wu; Chih-Hung Liu; Mei-Chih Wang; Chung-Ping Chiang; Chan-Hsing Lo)
Abstract	Summary form only given. The atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) has been proved with great effectiveness in killing micro-organisms, and this makes it potential use in various biological and medical applications such as sterilization of medical devices, decontamination of biomaterials, and even enhancement of wound healing. Recently, some researchers investigated APP effects in dental care, such as tooth whitening and tooth plague ablation. Bondings between dentin and cavity filling materials, or between implants and dental pulp cells, were greatly enhanced by APP surface treatments. Otherwise, plasma stripping technology, usually applied in semiconductor processing, was further improved to be utilized in tooth surface bleaching. The bleaching effects of this novel low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma (LT-APP) on dental whitening have been proved and patented. In this study, the effects of LT-APP in micro-organisms inactivation were investigated. Two bacterial species, E. coli, the most ordinary bacterial species to be used in assessment of micro-organisms inactivation, and S. mutans, playing a major role in tooth decay, were used in this study. Some plasma parameters, including two gas species, varied plasma temperature and varied plasma treatment time were selected to study the bactericidal effects of LT-APP system. From the experimental results, it was shown that significant effects of LT-APP system in bacterial killing with increasing treatment time. However, there's no obvious difference in bacteria killing activity of varied temperature plasma. This may suggest that heat could play limited effects in microorganisms inactivation, and the discharged free radicals (superoxide anion $(O_{2}^{-}),$ hydroxyl radical (OH·)) and other components like UV light, emitted from the plasma glow, might play the major bactericidal effects. In summary, LTAPP system, with its advantage in low processing temperature, owned great potential medical use in surface treatments of heat sensitive materials, like human skin tissue, and also in dental care application.
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File Size	99692
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ISBN	9781467351713
ISSN	07309244
DOI	10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6633405
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-06-16
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Dentistry Surface treatment Plasma temperature Teeth Microorganisms Materials
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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