Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
ISSN 1829-006X
2025; 58–65
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COMPARISON OF PEDIATRIC SYRUPS ON MICROHARDNESS AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF DIFFERENT RESIN RESTORATIONS: AN IN-VITRO STUDY

Arun Roy James*, Shilpa Syam, Karthika Vijay, Upasana Reddy, Zeena Abdu, Anjugam Palanichamy

mailto:[email protected] · Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Senior Resident, Department of Dentistry, Sree Gokulam Medical College& Research Foundation Venjaramoodu PO,Trivandrum,PIN-695607 Kerala, India · Department Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, Karnataka, India · .Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry Royal Dental College, Palakkad, Kerala, India · Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Nandha Dental College and Hospital, Pitchandampalayam Post, Erode, 638052, Tamilnadu, India

Received: 2026-04-08 · Published: 2025-06-10

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Original title
COMPARISON OF PEDIATRIC SYRUPS ON MICROHARDNESS AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF DIFFERENT RESIN RESTORATIONS: AN IN-VITRO STUDY
Authors
Arun Roy James, Shilpa Syam, Karthika Vijay, Upasana Reddy, Zeena Abdu, Anjugam Palanichamy
Source journal
Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
Published
2025-06-10
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.58240/1829006X-2025.21.5-58

Abstract

Objective: The study objective was to compare the alterations in microhardness and surface roughness (SR) of three distinct resin-based restorations commonly employed in pediatric dentistry under continuous exposure (at baseline, 7, 14, and 21 days) to frequently utilized pediatric syrups. Materials and methods: In this in vitro study, three pediatric syrups used as immersion agents were amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, paracetamol, and haematinic syrup. The materials evaluated were Compomer, Microhybrid, and Nanofill composite resin restorations. The study included 180 caries-free, non-restored deciduous molar teeth without developmental anomalies that were extracted due to pre-shedding mobility. The surface microhardness and SR were measured with a Vickers microhardness durometer and a contact profilometer respectively. ANOVA was used for intra- and inter-group data comparisons at a 5% significance level using SPSS software. Results: On day 21, the antibiotic-micro-hybrid group had the highest microhardness (52.95±0.62). The compomerhematinic group had the lowest microhardness (13.22±0.33). The SR of the compomer-paracetamol group was the highest (1.47±0.43), while the micro-hybrid-antibiotic group had the lowest (0.83±0.07). Intragroup comparisons showed significant differences (p<0.01), showing a decrease in material microhardness with an increased exposure period. The compomer subgroups exposed to paracetamol and haematinic and the nanofill composite exposed to haematinic syrup exhibited a significant difference (p<0.01). Conclusion: The microhardness of compomer-paracetamol, compomer-antibiotic, and nanofill-paracetamol subgroups increased over the study period. The SR of the compomer and nanofill materials treated with haematinic syrup and compomer-paracetamol subgroup increased considerably.
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