Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OtavioJPN.pdf: 2556695 bytes, checksum: 1b00cc54688530c66184271da837d877 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-31 / The objectives of this clinical study was to evaluate the use of the toothpaste with fluoride and without fluoride and the daily tooth brushing are effective in the reversion of the dental enamel conditioned by acid. Another objective of this clinical study was to evaluate if the positioning of orthodontic accessories with glass ionomer cement helps in the reversion of the dental enamel conditioned by acid, when compared to composed resin. One hundred and twenty teeth were selected with indication of extraction by orthodontic reasons. The 30 volunteers were divided, randomly, in two groups. A group used toothpaste without fluoride and the other with it. The teeth of the sample were shuffled, in each volunteer. The teeth were conditioned by the 37% orthophosphoric acid. One of the conditioned teeth stayed in the mouth and suffered action of the abrasion for the tooth brushing, in another teeth a stainless steel mesh protection was positioned with glass ionomer cement, in another tooth the screen was glued with composed resin, in a fourth tooth (the control) was only conditioned after the extractions, 60 days later. All the teeth were appraised through DIAGNOdent, MEVA and EDS. In the obtained data it was possible to observe that there were not statistic significant differences in any comparison, even in the group that did not have access to the fluoride in the toothpaste as in the other that had. According with the used methodology, it was possible to observe too that there was not statistic significant differences in any comparison, even in the group that had the stainless steel mesh positioned with glass ionomer cement as in the group that the stainless steel mesh was positioned with composed resin. However, it was observed that there was an improvement in the topography of the enamel in all the teeth. The accomplishment of this study was facilitated due to the participation of the researchers' of the health area (dentistry), materials engineer, physics and chemistry. The researchers were originating from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and of the University of Queensland, in Australia. This interdisciplinary group was decisive in the accomplishment of the study. It can be concluded that the enamel tends to return to its initial aspect, even if the patient does not have access to fluoride. That is probably due the action of the abrasion for the tooth brushing and mastication. In spite of it not being significant, it is suggested that the conditioned enamel was more resistant to the abrasion in the group that had access to fluoride. It was also possible to conclude that the fluoride liberated by the glass ionomer was not enough to provide a significant difference in the enamel conditioned by the acid, when compared with the composed resin, even in the group that did not use fluoride in the toothpaste as in the group that used / O objetivo deste estudo foi de avaliar o uso do dentifr?cio com fl?or e sem fl?or e a escova??o di?ria na revers?o do esmalte dent?rio condicionado pelo ?cido. Outro objetivo foi de avaliar se a colagem de acess?rios ortod?nticos com ion?mero de vidro auxilia na revers?o do esmalte dent?rio condicionado pelo ?cido. Foram selecionados 120 dentes com extra??o indicada de 30 volunt?rios que foram divididos, leatoriamente, em dois grupos. Um grupo utilizou dentifr?cio sem fl?or e o outro com fl?or. Os dentes foram condicionados pelo ?cido. Um dos dentes condicionados permaneceu na boca e sofreu a??o da abras?o pela escova??o, noutro foi colada uma tela de prote??o com ion?mero de vidro, noutro a tela foi colada com resina composta, num quarto dente (controle) s? foi condicionado ap?s as extra??es, 60 dias depois. Todos os dentes foram avaliados atrav?s do DIAGNOdent, MEVA e EDS. Nos resultados obtidos foi poss?vel observar que n?o houve diferen?a estatisticamente significativa em nenhuma compara??o, tanto no grupo que n?o teve acesso ao fl?or no dentifr?cio como no que teve. Por?m, foi observado que houve uma melhora na topografia do esmalte em todos os dentes. A realiza??o desse trabalho foi facilitada devido ? participa??o de pesquisadores das ?reas da sa?de (odontologia), engenharia dos materiais, f?sica e qu?mica. Os pesquisadores foram oriundos da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte e da University of Queensland, na Austr?lia. Essa multidisciplinaridade foi decisiva na realiza??o desse estudo. Com esse estudo pode-se concluir que o esmalte tende a retornar o seu aspecto inicial, mesmo que o paciente n?o tenha acesso ao fl?or. Isso se deve provavelmente a a??o da abras?o pela escova??o e mastiga??o. Tamb?m foi poss?vel concluir que o fl?or liberado pelo ion?mero de vidro da colagem do acess?rio ortod?ntico n?o foi suficiente para proporcionar uma diferen?a significativa no esmalte condicionado pelo ?cido. Tanto no grupo que n?o utilizou fl?or no dentifr?cio como no grupo que usou