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ATR‐FTIR spectroscopy and μ‐EDXRF spectrometry monitoring of enamel erosion caused by medicaments used in the treatment of respiratory diseases
Author(s) -
Gomes Raimundo ato Silva,
Bhattacharjee Tanmoy T.,
Carvalho Luis Felipe C. S.,
Soares Luís Eduardo Silva
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
microscopy research and technique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1097-0029
pISSN - 1059-910X
DOI - 10.1002/jemt.22970
Subject(s) - fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , enamel paint , attenuated total reflection , chemistry , saliva , nuclear chemistry , chromatography , hydrochloride , dentistry , infrared spectroscopy , medicine , biochemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
Medicaments essential for alleviation of diseases may sometime adversely affect dental health by eroding the enamel, owing to their acidic nature. It is therefore highly desirable to be able to detect these effects quickly and reliably. In this study, we evaluated the erosive capacity of four most commonly prescribed respiratory disease syrup medicaments on enamel using micro‐energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry (µ‐EDXRF) and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR‐FTIR). Fifty‐five enamel fragments obtained from 30 bovine teeth were treated with artificial saliva (S), acebrofilin hydrochloride (AC), ambroxol hydrochloride (AM), bromhexine hydrochloride (BR), and salbutamol sulfate (SS); by immersing in 3 mL of respective solutions for 1 min, three times a day at intervals of 1 hr, for 5 days. µ‐EDXRF analysis of enamel surface did not reveal significant erosion caused by the medications. However, ATR‐FTIR showed a detectable shift in the phosphate (PO 4 ) antisymmetric stretching mode (ν 3 ) at ∼985 cm −1 for AM, BR, and SS, indicating erosion. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that AC, AM, SS, and BR could be classified with 70%, 80%, 100%, and 100% efficiency from S (control), further highlighting the ability of ATR‐FTIR to identify degree of erosion. This suggests ATR‐FTIR may be used to rapidly and nondestructively investigate erosive effects of medicaments.