In Vitro Studies of the Calculus-Inhibiting Properties of Tooth Surface Polishing Agents and Chelating Agents

1971 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 966-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Barnes ◽  
George K. Stookey ◽  
Joseph C. Muhler

A series of in vitro studies was conducted to determine the effects of flour of pumice, magnesium silicate-zirconium silicate, and zirconium silicate on the deposition of calculuslike material on bovine enamel sections or human dentin-cementum sections. Flour of pumice used as a "prophylaxis type" agent did not have any effect on the deposition of calculuslike material. Zirconium silicate used as a prophylactic agent on bovine enamel reduced in vitro calculus formation by 32.0 to 38.0%. Daily rinses with a 5.0% aqueous solution of an amidopolyphosphate reduced calculus formation significantly on bovine enamel by 57.0 to 68.2% when compared with nontreated enamel sections.

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 913-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Mellberg

Hard-tissue substrates include primarily human and bovine enamel and human dentin. They have been used for in situ studies in a natural or sound condition, as well as flattened or containing an in vitro-formed caries-like lesion. Human enamel and dentin are generally the substrates of choice for studies of coronal and root-surface caries, respectively, but bovine enamel appears to offer a suitable alternative for many studies of enamel caries. Substrates with caries-like lesions will respond more rapidly to changes in the intra-oral mineral equilibrium and will allow both demineralization and remineralization to be determined. Findings from some studies suggest that caries-like lesions may respond somewhat differently, depending upon the degree of mineralization of the surface layer. Because in vitro findings with dentin show it to be significantly more soluble in acid than enamel, results from a study that used dentin may not be directly applicable to enamel. Both enamel and dentin substrates can be used in thin-section models. Hard-tissue substrates can also differ, depending upon their intra-oral location. Locations that result in the accumulation of plaque will behave differently from those that are plaque-free. So that plaque would accumulate, substrates have been placed approximally, beneath a fabric or steel mesh, in a protected trough, beneath a metal band or within a depression on the buccal surface. For studies requiring a determination of both demineralization and remineralization, human enamel or dentin containing a surface-softened caries-like lesion and covered with a uniform natural plaque are the substrates of choice.


1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1028-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE N. CUTTER ◽  
GREGORY R. SIRAGUSA

Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028 or Escherichia coli O157:H7 attached to lean beef tissue were treated with citrate, lactate, sodium hexametaphosphate, or EDTA, alone or in combination with nisin in simple buffers, and incubated at 4°C for up to 3 days. Lactate with nisin reduced S. typhimurium attached to beef by 040 log10 CFU/cm2, while EDTA and nisin reduced E. coli O157:H7 by 0.42 log10 CFU/cm2. Unlike earlier in vitro studies in which treatments with nisin and chelating agents resulted in reductions of > 4 log10 CFU/cm2, such reductions were not observed in situ.


2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Rolf ◽  
K. G. Wiese ◽  
H. Siggelkow ◽  
H. Schliephake ◽  
G. A. Bubernik

1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 584-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Lukasiewicz ◽  
S Niewiarowski

Summary and Conclusion1. It has been found that EACA does not inhibit activation of human plasminogen into plasmin by SK and UK in a concentration of 5 × 10–2 M. The activation of bovine plasminogen by SK and UK is inhibited by this concentration of EACA but not by a lower one.2. EACA in concentrations of 1,5 × 10–1 – 10–4 M does not inhibit casein proteolysis by plasmin. The proteolysis of fibrinogen and fibrin measured by the release of TCA soluble tyrosine is inhibited by EACA in concentrations of 1,5 × 10–1 – 10–2 M.3. The lysis of non-stabilized clots by plasmin measured in a test tube was inhibited by an EACA concentration of 5 × 10–3 – 5 × 10–4 M. The lysis of stabilized clots by plasmin was inhibited by an EACA concentration of 10–5 M.4. On the basis of experimental findings and data given in literature the authors postulate that the mechanism of the antifibrinolytic effects of EACA consists mainly in a modification of plasmin action on fibrin. These effects are dependent on the structure of the fibrin clots.


1969 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 234-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Mackay ◽  
J.C Ferguson ◽  
Antonia Bagshawe ◽  
A.T.T Forrester ◽  
G.P Mcnicol
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SummaryAn account is given of the effects of boomslang venom in man. Evidence was found of a fibrinolytic state apparently secondary to the coagulant action of the venom. These features rapidly responded to the administration of specific antivenom. In vitro studies, using a homogenate of boomslang parotids, confirmed the coagulant properties of the venom and showed them to be of much greater potency than the proteolytic actions.


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