Abstract
Although the toxicity of many dental materials has been thoroughly investigated, the toxicity of orthodontic elastic materials has not been extensively tested. We evaluated the neurotoxicity of 3 latex and 3 nonlatex orthodontic elastics in murine cerebral cortical cell cultures. Standard-sized pieces of each material from 3 manufacturers (American, Masel, and GAC) were placed on culture well inserts, allowing the material to be exposed to the culture bathing media without causing physical disruption of the cells. Cell death was quantified by assaying the release of the cytosolic enzyme lactate dehydrogenase. Exposure of cortical cultures to the nonlatex elastics did not cause significant neuronal death, but exposure to each of the latex elastics resulted in significant neuronal death. The neuronal death induced by each of the latex elastics was blocked by adding the metal chelator, EDTA (calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate). Because many latexes use zinc-containing compounds in the prevulcanization process, and the death induced had characteristics similar to zinc-induced neuronal death, it seems likely that the toxicity of latex elastics was mediated by zinc release. Because ingestion of zinc is not a health risk, th...Continue Reading
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