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The European Journal of Orthodontics Advance Access originally published online on September 4, 2007
The European Journal of Orthodontics 2007 29(6):550-554; doi:10.1093/ejo/cjm046
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

A method for producing controlled fluoride release from an orthodontic bracket

Song Li*, Ross S. Hobson**, Yuxing Bai*, Zhuoqun Yan***, Thomas E. Carrick*** and John F. McCabe***

* Faculty of Stomatology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, People's Republic of China
** Child Dental Health Unit
*** Dental Materials Unit, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Address for correspondence Dr Ross S. Hobson, Child Dental Health Unit, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK, E-mail: r.s.hobson{at}ncl.ac.uk


  Abstract

The aim of this study was to manufacture and test, in vitro, a novel modification to provide fluoride-releasing orthodontic brackets. Thirty-two orthodontic brackets were drilled to produce a recess (approximately 1.3 mm in diameter and 0.7 mm in depth) at the centre of the bracket base. Four materials, with and without the addition of sodium fluoride, a glass ionomer cement (Ketac Cem µ), a resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC; GC Fuji Ortho LC), a zinc phosphate (Zinc Cement Improved), and a resin (Transbond XT) were used to fill the recess in the bracket base. Fluoride release was measured daily during the first week and then weekly for 10 weeks. An ion chromatograph with suppressed conductivity was used for free fluoride ion determination. Statistical analysis to determine the amount of flouride release was undertaken using analysis of variance and Tukey's test.

During the first 2 weeks, the resin group, with the addition of 38 per cent sodium fluoride added, released significantly more free fluoride (P < 0.05), but after 2 weeks the fluoride release markedly decreased. After 5 weeks, the RMGIC group, with 15 per cent added sodium fluoride, had significantly higher (P < 0.05) daily fluoride release than the other groups. The findings demonstrated that an appropriate fluoridated material can be used as a fluoride-releasing reservoir in a modified orthodontic bracket to enable it to release fluoride over the period of fixed appliance treatment.


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