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Rice CD, Dykstra MA, Feil PH. Microbial contamination in two antimicrobial and four control brands of alginate impression material. J Prosthet Dent. 1992;67(4):535-40doi: 10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p.
Rice, C. D., Dykstra, M. A., & Feil, P. H. (1992). Microbial contamination in two antimicrobial and four control brands of alginate impression material. The Journal of prosthetic dentistry, 67(4), 535-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p
Rice, C D, et al. "Microbial contamination in two antimicrobial and four control brands of alginate impression material." The Journal of prosthetic dentistry vol. 67,4 (1992): 535-40. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p
Rice CD, Dykstra MA, Feil PH. Microbial contamination in two antimicrobial and four control brands of alginate impression material. J Prosthet Dent. 1992 Apr;67(4):535-40. doi: 10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p. PMID: 1507139.
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J Prosthet Dent. 1992 Apr;67(4):535-40. doi: 10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p.

Microbial contamination in two antimicrobial and four control brands of alginate impression material.

The Journal of prosthetic dentistry

C D Rice, M A Dykstra, P H Feil

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  1. Department of Oral Diagnosis, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine.

PMID: 1507139 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3913(92)90086-p

Abstract

Previous investigations have revealed commercial alginate impression material to be contaminated with viable microorganisms. Some manufacturers are now producing alginate materials that contain antimicrobial agents. The purpose of this study was to test and compare two antimicrobial and four control brands without antimicrobial agents of commercial dental alginate impression material for the presence of viable microorganisms. Forty-eight or 96 measured samples of each brand were taken from previously unopened containers using a sterile technique. The samples were placed on chocolate agar plates and in thioglycolate broth tubes and were incubated along with appropriate parallel controls. After incubation, colonies were enumerated, gram-stained, and identified using standard microbiologic methods. The two antimicrobial brands contained viable organisms in 12.5% of the samples incubated on agar media and also contained such organisms from 0% to 16.7% of the samples incubated in thioglycolate media. The four control brands contained viable organisms in from 29.2% to 100% of the samples incubated on agar media and also contained these organisms in from 25% to 79.2% of the samples incubated in thioglycolate media. There was a statistically significant difference (p less than 0.05) in contamination frequencies among some brands. Contamination frequencies of the top and middle portions of the containers did not differ significantly. The concentration of organisms in contaminated samples was 2.8 colony-formed units (CFUs) per gram for the antimicrobial alginates, and from 9 to 161.1 CFUs per gram for the control brands.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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