Orientador: Americo Bortolazzo Correr / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T03:22:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sfalcin_RavanaAngelini_D.pdf: 1513616 bytes, checksum: bd6dc4a4843283522343b56a58ef8ec7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O objetivo neste trabalho foi avaliar as propriedades físico-químicas de infiltrantes resinosos com adição de partículas bioativas, bem como sua capacidade de penetração e dureza da profundidade em lesões subsuperficiais de esmalte. Uma blenda contendo TEGDMA (75% em peso) e BisEMA (25% em peso) foi manipulada e a partir dela foram incorporados 5 tipos de partículas bioativas (10% em peso): hidroxiapatita (HAp), fosfato de cálcio amorfo (ACP), vidro bioativo policarboxilato de zinco (BAG Zn), vidro bioativo 45S5 (BAG 45S5), cimento de silicato de cálcio modificado por ?-TCP (HCAT-?). Um material comercial foi utilizado (ICON®) como controle. Dez espécimes foram confeccionados para cada grupo de cada teste: rugosidade superficial (Ra) antes e após a escovação; Resistência à flexão por 3 pontos (RF) e módulo de elasticidade (ME); resistência coesiva à tração (RC); dureza Knoop (KHN); densidade de ligação cruzada (DLC); grau de conversão (GC); sorção (S) e solubilidade (SL) em água; e micro-dureza (KHN). Os dados foram submetidos a ANOVA e teste Tukey (?=0.05). A penetração dos infiltrantes resinosos no esmalte humano desmineralizado foi qualitativamente avaliada em Microscopia Confocal de Varredura a Laser (n=5). Os resultados mostraram que os menores valores de rugosidade (antes e após a escovação foram apresentados pelo ACP. Com relação à resistência a flexão e módulo de elasticidade, T+B apresentou o maior valor e ICON® mostrou o menor valor. ICON® também mostrou o menor valor de resistência coesiva à tração; não houve diferença significativa entre os grupos T+B, HAp, ACP, BAG Zn, BAG 45S5 e HCAT-?. Para o teste de dureza Knoop, ICON® obteve o menor valor e BAG Zn mostrou o maior valor. Para densidade de ligação cruzada, ICON® apresentou maior quantidade de ligação cruzada e HAp, menor quantidade de ligação cruzada. ICON® apresentou grau de conversão significantemente menor que os infiltrantes experimentais, que não diferiram entre eles. ICON® apresentou a maior sorção de água e HAp a menor. Não houve diferença significativa entre os demais grupos. Para solubilidade, ICON® apresentou os maiores valores, mas sem diferença de ACP. BAG 45S5 apresentou a menor solubilidade. Com relação a micro-dureza, não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre as profundidades avaliadas (50 µm, 200 µm, 350 µm e 500 µm). BAG 45S5, BAG Zn e HCAT-? não mostraram diferença estatística entre eles. Entretanto, HCAT-? e BAG Zn foram similares ao ICON® e ACP. O grupo cariado mostrou menor valor quando comparado a todos os grupos testados. A análise em microscopia confocal mostrou que todos os materiais apresentaram boa capacidade de penetração nas lesões iniciais, exceto para FCA. Pôde ser concluído que adição de partículas bioativas em um infiltrante experimental melhorou as propriedades mecânicas e não afetou a capacidade de penetração dos infiltrantes. O infiltrante resinoso contendo fosfato de cálcio amorfo foi o que apresentou o melhor desempenho no teste de rugosidade de superfície antes e após a escovação / Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical-chemical properties of the experimental infiltrants with the addition of bioactive particles as well as their capability of penetration and depth Knoop hardness into caries-like lesions. A control blend was made with TEGDMA (75 wt%) and BisEMA (25 wt%). Five bioactive fillers were added in the control blend (10 wt%): Hydroxyapatite (Hap), amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP), Zinc-polycarboxylated bioactive glass (BAG-Zn), bioactive glass 45S5 (BAG 45S5), and ?-TCP modified calcium silicate cements (HCAT-?). An available commercially material was used (ICON®). Ten specimens were comprised by each group for the following tests: Surface roughness (Ra) before and after brushing abrasion; flexural strength (FS) and elastic modulus (E-Modulus); tensile cohesive strength (TCS); Knoop hardness (KHN); softnening ratio (SR); degree of conversion (DC); water sorption (WS) and solubility (SL); and micro-hardness (micro-KHN). Data were subjected to ANOVA and Tukey¿s test (?=0.05). Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy was used to evaluate qualitatively the penetration capability of resin infiltrants into demineralized human enamel. Results showed that ACP had the lowest Ra before and after brushing abrasion. Regarding to the FS and E-modulus, T+B showed the higher value and ICON® showed the lower value. Also, ICON® showed the lower value of TCS, but there was no significant statistically difference among the groups T+B, HAp, ACP, BAG Zn, BAG 45S5 e HCAT-?. To the KHN, ICON® obtained the lower value and BAG Zn showed the higher value. According to the SR, ICON® showed lower SR and HAp, the higher SR. ICON showed DC significantly lower than experimental resin infiltrants. Regarding to the WS, ICON® presented the highest water sorption and HAp the lowest one. There was no significant statistically difference among the other groups. ICON showed the highest SL results; however, the results were similar to ACP. The lowest SL was found for BAG 45S5. Regarding to the micro-KHN, there was no statistically difference among the analyzed depths (50 µm, 200 µm, 350 µm and 500 µm). BAG 45S5, BAG Zn and HCAT- ? did not show statistical difference among them. However, HCAT- ? and BAG Zn were similar to ICON® and ACP. Carious group showed lower value when compared to all the tested groups. Confocal microscopy analysis showed good capability of penetration into the initial lesions for all materials, except for ACP. It could be concluded that the addition of bioactive particles into an experimental infiltrant improved the mechanical properties and did not affect the capability of penetration into the experimental infiltrants. The resin infiltrant with amorphous calcium phosphate presented the best performance to the roughness surface before and after brushing abrasion / Doutorado / Materiais Dentarios / Doutora em Materiais Dentários

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisor: Gonzalo Arce, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: Altair Antoninha Del Bel Cury / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T05:18:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pereira-Cenci_Tatiana_D.pdf: 1303169 bytes, checksum: c75a9e7acaf1e652f846b5eded8376b5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: A candidose é a infecção oral fúngica mais comum diagnosticada em humanos, com prevalência de até 77,5% em usuários de próteses removíveis. Embora tenha sido inicialmente associada apenas à Candida albicans, outras espécies de Candida podem ser responsáveis por mais de 50% dos casos de infecção. Ainda, fatores como presença de saliva, bactérias e características de materiais utilizados para confecção de próteses removíveis parecem desempenhar importante papel na adesão, colonização e formação de biofilme por Candida. Assim, este trabalho objetivou (i) discutir os fatores que controlam a adesão inicial, colonização e formação de biofilme de Candida em um artigo de revisão, no intuito de apontar diretrizes para estudos futuros e ainda, mostrar de que forma estes fatores podem ser controlados, ajudando na prevenção da doença; (ii) verificar a influência in vitro de alguns dos fatores supracitados na formação de biofilme de C. albicans sobre a superfície de hidroxiapatita, resina acrílica e reembasador temporário e; (iii) avaliar in situ a formação de biofilme sobre espécimes de resina acrílica e reembasadores de próteses inseridos nas próteses totais de 21 voluntários. Para avaliação da formação de biofilme de C. OBS.: O resumo na integra poderá ser visualizado no link ou texto completo da tese digital. / Abstract: Candida-associated stomatitis is the most common fungal oral infection in humans, with a prevalence reported in up to 77.5% of a population wearing dentures. Disease-associated Candida species have shifted from C. albicans to non-albicans species, these latter being responsible for more than 50% of the infections. Additionally, several factors as the presence of saliva, bacteria and dental prostheses materials¿ characteristics seem to be related to the adhesion, colonization and biofilm formation of Candida. This study aimed (i) to discuss the factors that govern initial adherence, colonization and biofilm formation of Candida by means of a review article, in order to suggest future research and show how these factors may be controlled, therefore helping to prevent the disease; (ii) to verify the influence of several of these factors in the biofilm formation of C. albicans in vitro, on hydroxyapatite, acrylic resin and soft denture liner; (iii) to evaluate in situ biofilm formed on acrylic resin and denture liner specimens inserted in the lower dentures of 21 volunteers. For C. Note: the complete abstract is avaiable with the link or full eletronic digital theses or dissertations. / Doutorado / Protese Dental / Doutor em Clínica Odontológica

The thesis aims to study the motion of individual fluorescent molecules in the gel environments, and applies to the sensitive electrophoretic and dielectrophoretic studies. Firstly, dye molecules (Rhodamine B and DiI) are dispersed, and investigate the individual fluorescent spots. Later on, we study the motion of individual B-phycoerythrin molecules under external electrical field driving. Due to the porosity, agarose gel is used to contain the liquid, and the dye molecules can freely move within the pores. Thus, one can easily observe the motion of individual dye molecules under high numerical aperture objectives. B-phycoerythrin is chosen for the high extinction coefficient, native charge, and good fluorescent properties. Our results indicate most dye molecules are attached in the rigid structure of the gel. Only very limited molecular motions are observed. Moreover, we study the dielectrophoretic interaction of the dye molecules. Nano-electrodes are fabricated by electrolysis to have sub-micron aperture silver tips. Due to the high gradient of the electric field, it is used to have strong enough attractive forces around the apex of the tip, to overcome the thermal fluctuations. It allows us further trapping and manipulating small non-charged objects, up to single dye molecules.

Viscosity is an important parameter in fluid dynamics. Although many conventional techniques are useful in determining a limited range of liquid viscosity with high accuracy, non-invasive measurement techniques for a broader range of viscosity are yet to be developed. The subjects on viscosity are advancing rapidly partly due to the development and applications of microfluidic. In anticipation of such developments, we are proposing a new method of viscosity measurement in the micrometer scale that is simple, non-invasive, real-time, wide dynamics range, and with imaging capability. This method relies on successful integration of laser scanning confocal microscopy, lock-in amplification, and variable galvono-scanning. It also has the potential to be a powerful tool in biology and medicine. The principle of operation is based on modulation microscopy that employs confocal configuration in detecting the deformation and phase delay of the forced oscillating sample.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 8, 2010). "Department of Physics and Astronomy." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2001. / Adviser: Mark Cronin-Golomb. Submitted to the Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 16-18). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (M.S.) in Chemical Engineering--University of Maine, 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-83).

Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 15, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Mark A. Haidekker. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2005. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: David L. Dickensheets. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-115).