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Use of an oxygen planar optode to assess the effect of high velocity microsprays on oxygen penetration in a human dental biofilms in-vitro

Use of an oxygen planar optode to assess the effect of high velocity microsprays on oxygen penetration in a human dental biofilms in-vitro
Use of an oxygen planar optode to assess the effect of high velocity microsprays on oxygen penetration in a human dental biofilms in-vitro
Background
Dental plaque biofilms are the causative agents of caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. Both mechanical and chemical strategies are used in routine oral hygiene strategies to reduce plaque build-up. If allowed to mature biofilms can create anoxic microenvironments leading to communities which harbor pathogenic Gram-negative anaerobes. When subjected to high velocity fluid jets and sprays biofilms can be fluidized which disrupts the biofilm structure and allows the more efficient delivery of antimicrobial agents.
Methods
To investigate how such jets may disrupt anoxic niches in the biofilm, we used planar optodes to measure the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration at the base of in-vitro biofilms grown from human saliva and dental plaque. These biofilms were subject to “shooting” treatments with a commercial high velocity microspray (HVM) device.
Results
HVM treatment resulted in removal of much of the biofilm and a concurrent rapid shift from anoxic to oxic conditions at the base of the surrounding biofilm. We also assessed the impact of HVM treatment on the microbial community by tracking 7 target species by qPCR. There was a general reduction in copy numbers of the universal 16S RNA by approximately 95%, and changes of individual species in the target region ranged from approximately 1 to 4 log reductions.
Conclusion
We concluded that high velocity microsprays removed a sufficient amount of biofilm to disrupt the anoxic region at the biofilm-surface interface.
Mechanical disruption, biofilm, dissolved oxygen, microspray, oral, planar optodes
Khosravi, Yalda
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Palmer, Sara
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Khosravi, Yalda
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Palmer, Sara
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Borisov, Sergey M.
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Ward, Marilyn
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Kumar, Purnima
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deBeer, Dirk
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Chennu, Arjun
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Khosravi, Yalda, Prasad Kandukuri, Raja Durga, Palmer, Sara, Gloag, Erin S., Borisov, Sergey M., Starke, E.Michelle, Ward, Marilyn, Kumar, Purnima, deBeer, Dirk, Chennu, Arjun and Stoodley, Paul (2020) Use of an oxygen planar optode to assess the effect of high velocity microsprays on oxygen penetration in a human dental biofilms in-vitro. BMC Oral Health, 20 (1), [230]. (doi:10.1186/s12903-020-01217-0).

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Abstract

Background
Dental plaque biofilms are the causative agents of caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. Both mechanical and chemical strategies are used in routine oral hygiene strategies to reduce plaque build-up. If allowed to mature biofilms can create anoxic microenvironments leading to communities which harbor pathogenic Gram-negative anaerobes. When subjected to high velocity fluid jets and sprays biofilms can be fluidized which disrupts the biofilm structure and allows the more efficient delivery of antimicrobial agents.
Methods
To investigate how such jets may disrupt anoxic niches in the biofilm, we used planar optodes to measure the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration at the base of in-vitro biofilms grown from human saliva and dental plaque. These biofilms were subject to “shooting” treatments with a commercial high velocity microspray (HVM) device.
Results
HVM treatment resulted in removal of much of the biofilm and a concurrent rapid shift from anoxic to oxic conditions at the base of the surrounding biofilm. We also assessed the impact of HVM treatment on the microbial community by tracking 7 target species by qPCR. There was a general reduction in copy numbers of the universal 16S RNA by approximately 95%, and changes of individual species in the target region ranged from approximately 1 to 4 log reductions.
Conclusion
We concluded that high velocity microsprays removed a sufficient amount of biofilm to disrupt the anoxic region at the biofilm-surface interface.

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 August 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 August 2020
Published date: 21 August 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: This project was funded from Philips Oral Healthcare Project ID: 60056419 and the OSU Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI). EMS, MTW of Philips Oral Healthcare (POH) who funded the project helped design the experiments in consultation with PS. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s).
Keywords: Mechanical disruption, biofilm, dissolved oxygen, microspray, oral, planar optodes

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Local EPrints ID: 443385
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443385
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ORCID for Paul Stoodley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-273X

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Author: Yalda Khosravi
Author: Raja Durga Prasad Kandukuri
Author: Sara Palmer
Author: Erin S. Gloag
Author: Sergey M. Borisov
Author: E.Michelle Starke
Author: Marilyn Ward
Author: Purnima Kumar
Author: Dirk deBeer
Author: Arjun Chennu
Author: Paul Stoodley ORCID iD

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