Is the re-use of sterilized implant abutments safe enough? (Implant abutment safety).
Journal
Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal
ISSN: 1698-6946
Titre abrégé: Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 101231694
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Sep 2019
01 Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
08
01
2019
accepted:
08
02
2019
pubmed:
23
8
2019
medline:
27
11
2019
entrez:
22
8
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The reuse of implant healing abutments is common in dental practice. Effective elimination of bacteria and viruses is accomplished by conventional sterilization. The aim of this work was to explore the eventual survival of microorganisms on sterilized healing abutments and to rule out the presence of transmissible organic material after standard procedures. A total of 55 healing abutments previously used in patients will be washed and sterilized in a steam autoclave at 121 C for 15 min. Each healing abutment will be cultured in Brain Heart Infusion broth (BHI) under strict aseptic conditions. Besides, two control groups will be included: one of 3 unused healing abutments, and the other of just medium. After 10 days at 37°C under a 5% CO2 100 µl of the broth will be plated on solid media (Brain Infusion Agar, BHIA) and Columbia Blood agar to test for sterility. The remaining volume will be centrifuged, the sediment fixed, and a Gram stain performed to discard the presence of non-cultivable microorganisms. Moreover, to determine the presence of remaining organic material after the cleaning and sterilizing treatments, the bioburden will be determined by measuring total organic carbon (TOC) in another 10 previously used healing abutments, cleaned and sterilized, that will be submerged in Milli-Q water and sonicated. No bacterial growth was detected on any of the 58 cultured abutments, indicating that the sterilization was completely satisfactory in terms of removal of live bacteria or spores. Nevertheless, significant amounts of organic carbon may still be recovered (up to 125,31 µg/abutment) after they have been sterilized. Significant amounts of the bioburden remained adhered to the surfaces in spite of the cleaning and sterilization procedures. Taking into account our results and data from other authors, the presence of infectious particles on the reused healing abutments such as prions cannot be ruled out.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The reuse of implant healing abutments is common in dental practice. Effective elimination of bacteria and viruses is accomplished by conventional sterilization. The aim of this work was to explore the eventual survival of microorganisms on sterilized healing abutments and to rule out the presence of transmissible organic material after standard procedures.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
METHODS
A total of 55 healing abutments previously used in patients will be washed and sterilized in a steam autoclave at 121 C for 15 min. Each healing abutment will be cultured in Brain Heart Infusion broth (BHI) under strict aseptic conditions. Besides, two control groups will be included: one of 3 unused healing abutments, and the other of just medium. After 10 days at 37°C under a 5% CO2 100 µl of the broth will be plated on solid media (Brain Infusion Agar, BHIA) and Columbia Blood agar to test for sterility. The remaining volume will be centrifuged, the sediment fixed, and a Gram stain performed to discard the presence of non-cultivable microorganisms. Moreover, to determine the presence of remaining organic material after the cleaning and sterilizing treatments, the bioburden will be determined by measuring total organic carbon (TOC) in another 10 previously used healing abutments, cleaned and sterilized, that will be submerged in Milli-Q water and sonicated.
RESULTS
RESULTS
No bacterial growth was detected on any of the 58 cultured abutments, indicating that the sterilization was completely satisfactory in terms of removal of live bacteria or spores. Nevertheless, significant amounts of organic carbon may still be recovered (up to 125,31 µg/abutment) after they have been sterilized.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Significant amounts of the bioburden remained adhered to the surfaces in spite of the cleaning and sterilization procedures. Taking into account our results and data from other authors, the presence of infectious particles on the reused healing abutments such as prions cannot be ruled out.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31433387
pii: 22967
doi: 10.4317/medoral.22967
pmc: PMC6764709
doi:
Substances chimiques
Dental Implants
0
Titanium
D1JT611TNE
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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