법랑질 표면처리방법에 따른 치면열구전색재의 미세누출에 관한 비교연구

A STUDY ON MICROLEAKAGE OF PIT AND FISSURE SEALANT AFTER ENAMEL SURFACE TREATMENT

최근 air-abrasion기술이 새로운 법랑질 표면처리법으로 소개되고 있는데, 이것이 산부식 처리한 것보다 치면열구전색 전처리에 있어 더 나은 결과를 보이는지 연구할 목적으로, 저자들은 표면처리법 및 재료에 따른 미세누출도의 차이를 비교해 보고자 하였다. 9개의 군으로 나눈 시편치아에 산부식(1, 4, 7군), air-abrasion(2, 5, 8군), air-abrasion 후 산부식 (3, 6, 9군) 처리한 후 3종의 치면열구전색재($1\sim3$군 Teethmate-F, $4\sim6$군 Ultraseal XT plus, $7\sim9$군 : DenSeal)로 전색, 중합하여 색소침투도를 관찰하였으며, 각 시편의 전색재를 분리, 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 표면처리법에 따른 미세누출도는 air-abrasion군, 산부식군, air-abrasion 후 산부식군 순으로 작아졌다(p<0.05). 단, 7군과 9군간의 유의차는 없었다. 2. 미세누출도는 산부식군에서 7군 4군 1군 air-abrasion군에서 8군 5군 2군, air-abrasion후 산부식군에서 9군, 3군, 6군 순으로 작아졌으나, 각각 4군과 7군, 2군과 5군, 3군과 6군간의 유의차는 없었다. 3. SEM상에서, 산부식군은 비교적 긴 레진돌기가 규칙적으로, air-abrasion군은 짧은 레진돌기가 불규칙적으로, air-abrasion 후 산부식군에서는 이들이 혼재되어 있는 모습으로 관찰되었다.

Recently. the reintroduction of air-abrasion technology in dentistry has added a new potential method of pretreating teeth prior to placing sealants. The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate microleakages of several pit and fissure sealants following various surface pre-treatment methods to the enamel, because there was a question concerning the validity of claim that this method was better than the conventional acid etching. Permanent molars were divided randomly into nine groups and treated accordingly: acid etching(group 1, 4, 7), air-abrasion(group 2, 5, 8), acid etching after air-abrasion(group 3, 6, 9). Then the authors placed and cured the three kinds of sealants(group $1\sim3$: Teethmate-F, group $4\sim6$: Ultraseal XT plus, group $7\sim9$: Denseal) according to the manufacturer's order. They were observed to determine the degree of microleakage. And these specimens were separated from the corresponding enamels and examined by Scanning Electron Microscope. The following results were obtained: 1. In comparing microleakage among tooth surface treatment methods, air-abrasion group(group 2, 5, 8) showed the greatest microleakage, while combination(air-abrasion + acid etching) group showed the least (p<0.05). However, no significant differences were found between group 7 and 9. 2. The mean microleakages were ranked as follows(p<0.05): In acid etching groups, group 7> group 4> group 1. In air-abrasive groups, group 8>groups 5> group 2. In combination groups, group 9>group 3> group 6. However, no significant differences were found between group 4 and 7 between group 2 and 5 and between group 3 and 6. 3. SEM showed that comparably longer resin tags were distributed regularly in acid etching groups and that shorter ones irregularly in air-abrasion groups. It also showed that these two kinds of tags were distributed simultaneously in combination groups.