Open AccessMicrobiologically influenced corrosion of orthodontic metallic appliances
Author(s) -
Takashi Kameda,
Hirotake Oda,
Kazuo Ohkuma,
Natsuki Sano,
Nomintsetseg Batbayar,
Yukari Terashima,
Soh Sato,
Kazuto Terada
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dental materials journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.636
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1881-1361
pISSN - 0287-4547
DOI - 10.4012/dmj.2013-297
Subject(s) - streptococcus mutans , materials science , corrosion , biofilm , streptococcus sanguinis , metal , metallurgy , bacteria , inductively coupled plasma , confocal laser scanning microscopy , nuclear chemistry , dentistry , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , plasma , biology , medicine , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics
Biocorrosion (microbiologically influenced corrosion; MIC) occur in aquatic habitats varying in nutrient content, temperature, stress and pH. The oral environment of organisms, including humans, should be one of the most hospitable for MIC. Corrosion of metallic appliances in the oral region is one cause of metal allergy in patients. In this study, an inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometer revealed elution of Fe, Cr and Ni from stainless steel (SUS) appliances incubated with oral bacteria. Three-dimensional laser confocal microscopy also revealed that oral bacterial culture promoted increased surface roughness and corrosion pits in SUS appliances. The pH of the supernatant was lowered after co-culture of appliances and oral bacteria in any combinations, but not reached at the level of depassivation pH of their metallic materials. This study showed that Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis which easily created biofilm on the surfaces of teeth and appliances, did corrode orthodontic SUS appliances.