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MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE
Volume 82, Issue 9, Pages 1384-1391Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23290
Keywords
corrosion; nickel-titanium; probiotic bacteria; saliva; steel
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- Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost [IP-2014-09-7500] Funding Source: Medline
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The aims of this study were: (a) to determine if the presence of probiotic bacteria in an aging medium, that is, artificial saliva in this study, has relevant effects on the surface roughness and the chemical composition of two main alloys used in dentistry (NiTi and stainless steel [SS]) and (b) in the case of NiTi, if these effects are influenced by the coating of the alloy (rhodium and titanium nitride). Atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy were used to study the surface morphology and identify metal oxides formed on the surface of the alloys. Experiments demonstrated that the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri can induce processes that alter some features of the surface such as roughness and chemical composition. The effect is dependent on the type of alloy and coating. The bacteria increased roughness in the case of uncoated NiTi more than saliva alone (pH = 4.8). Probiotic bacteria tend to decrease the corrosive influence of saliva on NiTi when the alloy is coated with rhodium or titanium nitride and this effect was also evidenced on SS. Raman spectroscopy confirmed that only SS samples are prone to oxidation processes, predominantly associated with exposure to saliva rather than probiotic bacteria.
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