• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.88-95
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• 1999

구강내의 교정 장치는 미생물 전파에 있어서 다양한 장소를 제공한다. 치태는 치아 우식증 발생에 있어 매우 큰 역할을 하며 미생물, 비세포성 물질로 구성되어 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 생체외에서 교정용에서의 인공 치태 생성에 영향을 주는 요인을 평가하는 것이다. Streptococcus mutans type c는 $CO_2$ incubator내의 $37^{\circ}C$에서 brain heart infusion broth에서 배양 되었다. 중절치에 사용하는 9개의 $.018"{\times}.025"$ standard edgewise brackets을 3개씩 비이커의 배양액에 매달았다. 3개 비이커의 배양액 pH는 각 각 pH 5.5, 7.0 그리고 8.5로 조절되었다. 5시간 후에 비이커에서 각각의 bracket을 꺼내서, bracket의 평균 무게를 측정하였다. 배지의 stirring effect를 측정하기 위하여 3개씩 $.018"{\times}.025"$ standard edgewise brackets을 2개의 비이커에 위치시켰다. 12개의 brackets을 $CaCl_2$(0.25, 1.0, 4.0 그리고 16.0mM). KCl(2.5, 10, 40 그리고 160mM) 그리고 $MgCl_2$(0.1, 0.4, 1.6, 그리고 6.4mM) 용액에 각각 매달았다. 6개의 $.018"{\times}.025"$ standard edgewise brackets, 6개의 $.022"{\times}.028"$ Roth brackets과 6개의 $.022"{\times}.028"$ Broussard brackets을 각각의 비이커 내에 매달았다. 배양액 내에서 5시간 동안 배양한 후 각각의 brackets을 근사값의 milligram 단위로 측정하였다. 그룹 사이의 차이는 Mann-Whitney와 Kruskal-Wallis tests를 이용하여 비교하였다. p value<0.05의 조건에서 이들의 차이는 통계학적 유의성을 갖는다. 5시간 동안 pH 5.5에서 배양된 Streptococcus mutans에 의해 형성된 인공 치태는 pH 7.0 이나 pH 8.5에서 배양된 것보다 작았다(p<0.05). 인공 치태는 배양하는 동안 저어졌을 때 더 많이 형성되었다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 bracket에 형성된 인공 치태는 좀 더 높은 알칼리성 배지에서 배양됨으로써, 그리고 배양 동안 배지를 저어줌으로써 유의성있게 증가하였다. 그러나 배지의 $CaCl_2,\;KCl,\;MgCl_2$의 농도와 상업적으로 다른 종류의 이용 가능한 교정용 bracket에 대해서는 유의한 차이가 없었다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.330-337
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• 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the potential of Stewartia koreana as oral healthcare materials. The antibacterial activity of ethanol extracts from leaves and branches of S. koreana against oral bacteria was confirmed. The leaf and branch extracts (1 mg/disc) showed antibacterial activity against P. gingivalis only among several tested oral bacteria. The leaf extracts showed higher antibacterial activity, with values similar to those of chlorhexidine, which was used as a positive control. The MIC of the leaf extract against P. gingivalis was 0.4 mg/ml and showed bacteriostatic action. The inhibitory effects of the extract on biofilm formation and on gene expression related to biofilm formation by P. gingivalis were determined by biofilm biomass staining, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and qRT-PCR analysis. The biofilm production rate and cell growth of P. gingivalis in the cultures treated with 0.2-2.0 mg/ml of S. koreana leaf extracts were significantly decreased in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory effect on the formation of P. gingivalis biofilms at concentrations of 1 mg/ml was confirmed by SEM. The qRT-PCR analysis showed concentration-dependent suppression of the fimA and fimB gene expression associated with fimbriae formation in the cultures treated with 0.2-2.0 mg/ml S. koreana leaf extract. These results support the conclusion that S. koreana leaf extracts can be used as oral healthcare materials derived from natural materials, as demonstrated by the antibacterial action and inhibition of biofilm formation of P. gingivalis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.9
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• pp.1380-1387
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to develop a mouthwash product with solid fermented oriental medicinal herb (OMH). Solid fermentation of magnolia, liquorice, and cnidium by Phellinus linteus mycelium was carried out successfully when 30% water was added to the medium, whereas 10% brown rice powder was required as an extra nutrient for solid fermentation of mint besides water. The amount of total phenol compounds and DPPH radical scavenging activity of OMH increased significantly (P<0.05) upon solid fermentation. Anti-microbial activities of fermented OMH also increased and were approximately 100-fold greater than those of unfermented samples. Oral pathogens such as Staphylococcus epidermis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Candida albicans, or Streptococcus mutans were used for determination of anti-microbial effects of OMH. Formulation of the mouthwash was developed based on the results of the sensory evaluation. Among seven formulas, the best formula chosen by the sensory evaluation was as follows: mouthwash prepared with 0.075% ethanol extract of solid fermented OMH as a main ingredient, 83.64% hot water extract of mint and clove (100:15, v/v) as a mouthwash base component, and other miscellaneous ingredients, including sodium fluoride, menthol, and surfactants. Data from a consumer's preference test with 30 participants, overall acceptance, and willingness to buy the product developed in this study were all significantly higher for the tested mouthwash compared to mouthwash on the market manufactured with OMH but with a different formula. Duration of freshness of the mouthwash after usage as determined by Breath Checker was not significantly different between the two samples, although the duration of our product was slightly longer than that of the commercial product mentioned above.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.144-146
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• 2008

첨단과학기술의 발달로 환경오염이나 자연파괴 등을 유발시킴으로써 이에 부응하여 다양한 기능이 부여된 소재들이 개발 되고 있어 천연성분을 이용한 패션상품들이 고부가치를 창출하고 있다. 본 실험에서는 Kumazasa를 충분히 건조시켜 키토산을 젖산 수용액에 용해시켜 면을 처리 하고 욕비 1:10으로 Kumazasa를 24시간 80$^{\circ}C$에 가열하여 얻은 추출액으로 염색하여 수세 및 건조하였다. 항균성은 황색포도당구균과 폐렴구균에 대한 항균성을 조사한 결과 모두 99.9%로 매우 우수한 항균성이 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.485-486
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• 2017

치과용 글라스아이오노머(GIC)는 치과에서 폭넓게 응용되고 있는 재료 중 하나이다. 그러나 GIC의 낮은 기계적 특성으로 인해 구강내 사용범위가 제한적이다. 이에 본 연구는 기능성 다중벽 탄소나노튜브(multi wall carbon nanotube; MWCNT-COOH)를 각 농도별(0.25-1.0 wt%)로 기존의 분말에 첨가하여 복합체를 제조한 후 제조사의 지시에 따란 분말(2):액(1)의 비율로 시편을 제작하여 다중벽탄소나노튜브가 GIC의 기계적 특성과 항균효과에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 1993

악관절내의 활막액의 압력을 측정하여 그 변화를 조사 비교함은 악관절의 독특한 생리와 병태생리적 기전을 파악하는데 도움이 된다. 뿐만 아니라 악관절 장애를 진단하고 치료하는데 있어 새로운 해결 가능성을 제시하기도 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 악관절 장애환자 중 악관절 조영술로 악관절의 하관절강 압력계의 검침이 자입된 것을 확인후 개폐구시 관절내압을 측정하여 비교분석한 결과 다음과 같다. 1. 전체 관절에서 이악물기시의 관절내압이 개구시 보다 증가하였다. 2. 관절내 상태에 따라 비교하면, 비정복성 관절원판변위 환자군의 관절내압이 유착환자군보다 이악물기 및 개구시 모두 높았다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.27-38
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 환자들에 의해 구취와 관련이 있다고 일반적으로 믿어지고 있는 여러 요인들이 치료 후의 환자의 만족도에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아봄으로써 환자의 만족도의 예후를 판단할 수 있는 자료를 마련하고자 하였다. 서울대학교 치과병원 구강진단과에 구취를 주소로 내원한 환자 194명을 대상으로 설문지를 이용하여 구취와 관련성이 있는 것으로 알려져 있는 항목들을 조사하였다. 조사 항목으로는 1) 본인확인가능여부, 2) 타인확인가능 여부, 3) 구취의 기간, 4) 구취의 빈도, 5) 축농증, 6) 비염, 7) 코수술 병력, 8) 콧물이 목뒤로 넘어감, 9) 코막힘, 10) 비호흡 곤란, 11) 구강건조감, 12) 편도선부종, 13) 가래, 14) 신물의 역류, 15) 소화불량, 16) 흡연여부가 포함되었다. 구취의 평가는 portable sulfide monitor인 $Halimeter^{(R)}$(Interscan Co., Chatsworth, CA, USA)를 이용하여 치료 전, 후에 각각 측정하였고, 혀배면의 세정, 치면 세균막 조절, 0.25% $ZnCl_2$ 양치액의 사용을 내용으로 하는 구취의 치료를 시행한 뒤 자신의 구취개선정도에 대해 %로 질문하여 치료 후 만족도를 조사하였다. 각 조사 항목과 치료 후 만족도 사이의 상관관계 및 실제 $Halimeter^{(R)}$ 수치의 개선정도와 만족도 사이의 상관관계를 분석하였으며, Symptom Checklist - 90 Revised(SCL-90R)의 분석결과에 따라 환자를 두 그룹으로 분류하고 두 그룹 사이의 치료 후 만족도의 차이를 조사한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 본인 및 타인 확인가능여부, 구취가 항상 나는지 여부, 구취의 기간, 축농증, 비염, 코수술 병력, 코막힘, 비호흡 곤란, 콧물이 목뒤로 넘어감, 흡연여부에 따른 치료 후 만족도의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 2. 신물의 역류(p=0.003), 소화불량(p=0.007), 구강건조감(p=0.016), 편도선 부종(p=0.018), 가래(p=0.033)에 따른 치료 후 만족도는 통계적으로 유의한 수준의 차이를 보였다. 3. $Halimeter^{(R)}$ 수치의 개선정도와 만족도 사이의 유의한 상관관계는 관찰되지 않았다(r=0.092, p=0.201).

• The Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.121-129
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• 2017

Coffee (Coffea spp.) is one of the most important agricultural commodities, being widely consumed in the world. Various beneficial health effects of coffee have been extensively investigated, but data on habitual coffee consumption and its bio-physiological effect have not been clearly explained as well as it is not proved the cause and effect between drinking coffee and its bio-physiological reactions. We made the dialyzed coffee extract (DCE), which is absorbable through gastrointestinal tract, in order to elucidate the cellular effect of whole small coffee molecules. RAW 264.7 cells, a murine macrophage lineage, were directly treated with DCE, i.e., DCE-2.5 (equivalent to 2.5 cups of coffee a day), DCE-5, and DCE-10, for 12 hours, and their protein extracts were examined by immunoprecipitation high performance liquid chromatography (IP-HPLC). RAW 264.7 cells differently expressed the inflammation-related proteins depending on the doses of DCE. RAW 264.7 cells treated with DCE showed marked increase of cathepsin C, cathepsin G, CD20, CD28, CD31, CD68, indicating the activation of innate immunity. Particularly, the macrophage biomarkers, cathepsin G, cathepsin C, CD31, and CD68 were markedly increased after DCE-5 and DCE-10 treatments, and the lymphocyte biomarkers, CD20 and CD28 were consistently increased and became marked after DCE-10 treatment. On the other hand, RAW 264.7 cells treated with DCE showed consistent increase of IL-10, an anti-inflammatory factor, but gradual decreases of different pro-inflammatory proteins including $TNF{\alpha}$, COX-2, lysozyme, MMP-2, and MMP-3. In particular, the cellular signaling of inflammation was gradually mitigated by the reduction of $TNF{\alpha}$, COX-2, IL-12, and M-CSF, and also the matrix inflammatory reaction was reduced by marked deceases of MMP-2, MMP-3, and lysozyme. These anti-inflammatory expressions were consistently found until DCE-10 treatment. Therefore, it is presumed that DCE may have dynamic effects of innate immunity activation and pro-inflammation suppression on RAW264.7 cells simultaneously. These effects were consistently found in the highest dose of coffee, DCE-10 (equivalent to 10 cups of coffee a day in man), that might imply the small coffee molecules were accumulated in RAW 264.7 cells after DCE-10 treatment and produce synergistic cytokine effects for innate immunity activation and anti-inflammatory reaction concurrently.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.159-166
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• 2008

An ideal anti-bacterial medication for oral infection requires selective effect on pathogens causing dental caries and periodontal disease but not on normal flora. In addition, it should be less toxic for human and even for environment. This study was to seek such a natural anti-bacterial medication and thus anti-bacterial effect of Hamamelis virginiana was evaluated. Many recent researches on the anti-bacterial effect of natural plant extract and essential oil have reported that natural products can be used as medication for prevention and restrainment of dental caries, halitosis and periodontitis. It has been also reported that Hamamelis virginiana has anti-bacterial effect on Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Veilonella parvula, Eikenella corrodens, Peprostreptococcus micros, and Actinomyces odontolyticus. This study evaluated anti-bacterial effect of Hamamelis virginiana on Streptoccoccus mutans, Haemophylus actinomycetemcomitans, and Klebsiella pneumoniae to expand its anti-bacterial effect on other important oral pathogens and eventually to develop its oral care products or apply to clinical purpose. In this study, anti-bacterial tests for antibiotic disk susceptibility, minimal inhibitory concentration and minimal bactericidal concentration were performed to evaluate anti-bacterial effect of Hamamelis virginiana against Streptoccoccus mutans, Haemophylus actinomycetemcomitans, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The results showed that Hamamelis virginiana has anti-bacterial effect on all pathogen strains tested in this study and furthermore Hamamelis virginiana possesses bactericidal effect other than bacteriostatic effect on Streptoccoccus mutans, Haemophylus actinomycetemcomitans, Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study indicates that a natural anti-bacterial medication for oral diseases can be developed using Hamamelis virginiana.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 2000

Streptococcus salivarius is a normal inhabitant in the human oral cavity. Streptococcus salivarius 119 in this study was isolated from the oral cavity of child and identified, and its action mechanism on the formation of denal plaque by Streptococcus matans was studied. 1. The optical density of absorbance at 550 nm was 0.327 in the culture of Streptococcus mutans in disposable cuvette, whereas being 0.119 in the combined culture of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus salivarius 119. 2. The mean weight of produced artificial plaque on the wires in the beaker was 84.7mg in culture of Streptococcus mutans only, whereas being reduced to 12.3mg in the combined culture of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus salivarius 119. 3. When Streptococcus mutans was cultured in the media containing culture supernatant of Streptococcus salivarius 119 in BHI broth, the mean weight of produced artificial plaque was 100.5mg on the wires, whereas being reduced to 20.4mg in the media containing culture supernatant of Streptococcus salivarius 119 in BHIS broth. 4. The viable cells of Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus salivarius 119 were $4.8\times10^7\;and\;7.5\times10^8$ per ml respectively after each culture, wheras being $4.2\times10^7\;and\;5.8\times10^7$ per ml in the combined culture of Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus salivarius 119. 5. The polymer produced by Streptococcus salivarius 119 was glucan on the thin layer chromatography. 6. The glucan produced by Streptococcus salivarius 119 was water-soluble glucan containing $1\rightarrow6$ linkages as the main linkage on the thin layer chromatography. These results suggested that isolated Streptococcus salivarius 119 inhibited the formation of artificial plaque by the production of water-soluble glucan.