J Adv Prosthodont.
2022 Oct;14(5):273-284. 10.4047/jap.2022.14.5.273.
Microbiological cleaning and disinfection efficacy of a three-stage ultrasonic processing protocol for CAD-CAM implant abutments
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- 1Department of Postgraduate Education, Master of Oral Implantology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2Private Practice for Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- 3HygCen Germany GmbH, Laboratory, Schwerin, Germany
- 4Sirius Ceramics Laboratory, Frankfurt, Germany
- 5Department for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Medical Center of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
- 6Department of Prosthodontics and Head of Department of Postgraduate Education, Master of Oral Implantology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- KMID: 2534690
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4047/jap.2022.14.5.273
Abstract
- PURPOSE
. Computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD-CAM) of implant abutments has been shown to result in surface contamination from site-specific milling and fabrication processes. If not removed, these contaminants can have a potentially adverse effect and may trigger inflammatory responses of the peri-implant tissues. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the bacterial disinfection and cleaning efficacy of ultrasonic reprocessing in approved disinfectants to reduce the microbial load of CAD-CAM abutments. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Four different types of custom implant abutments (total N = 32) with eight specimens in each test group (type I to IV) were CAD-CAM manufactured. In two separate contamination experiments, specimens were contaminated with heparinized sheep blood alone and with heparinized sheep blood and the test bacterium Enterococcus faecium. Abutments in the test group were processed according to a three-stage ultrasonic protocol and assessed qualitatively and quantitatively by determination of residual protein. Ultrasonicated specimens contaminated with sheep blood and E. faecium were additionally eluted and the dilutions were incubated on agar plates for seven days. The determined bacterial counts were expressed as colony-forming units (CFU).
RESULTS
. Ultrasonic reprocessing resulted in a substantial decrease in residual bacterial protein to less than 80 µg and a reduction in microbiota of more than 7 log levels of CFU for all abutment types, exceeding the effect required for disinfection.
CONCLUSION
. A three-stage ultrasonic cleaning and disinfection protocol results in effective bacterial decontamination. The procedure is reproducible and complies with the standardized reprocessing and disinfection specifications for one- or two-piece CAD-CAM implant abutments.
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