Open AccessAntibacterial effects of hybrid tooth colored restorative materials against Streptococcus mutans: An in vitro analysis
Author(s) -
Kavita Hotwani,
Nilima Thosar,
Sudhindra Baliga,
Sunita Bundale,
Krishna Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.114358
Subject(s) - glass ionomer cement , petri dish , streptococcus mutans , agar diffusion test , agar , antibacterial activity , dentistry , cement , bacterial growth , materials science , chemistry , food science , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , composite material , biology , medicine , genetics
The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of two hybrid restoratives, namely resin modified glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji II™ LC, GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) and giomer (Beautifil-II, Shofu Inc., Kyoto, Japan) against Streptococcus mutans [Microbial Type Culture Collection (MTCC), 890].