Publication: Development And Characterization Of Miswak Reinforced Bioactive Glass Composite For Dental Application
Loading...
Date
2025-04
Authors
Hunaydi, Zahrah Faraj Omar
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
The traditional miswak stick (salvadora persica), despite its proven oral health benefits and the advantage of not requiring toothpaste, remains unfamiliar to the public and is often perceived as difficult to use due to its straight and rigid form. This unfamiliarity and perceived inconvenience hinder its widespread adoption as a viable alternative to modern toothbrushes. There is a need to develop a modernized version of the miswak that retains its natural benefits while being more user-friendly and familiar to the public. Bg has gained significant attention in dental applications due to its exceptional ability to promote bioactivity, facilitate dentin remineralisation, and bind effectively with dental tissues, attributed to its chemical composition resembling that of bone and dental tissues. Hence, this study aims to develop and characterise a novel miswak-bioactive glass (m-bg) composite. The m-bg composite was developed by incorporating two bg compositions (45s5bg and 54s4pbg) with varying weight ratios of miswak (25%, 50%, 75%) and subjected to structural, chemical, thermal, and morphological characterisations using x-ray diffraction (xrd), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), x-ray fluorescence (xrf), thermogravimetric analysis-derivative thermogravimetry (tga-dtg), scanning electron microscopy (sem), and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (edx)
Description
Keywords
Dental materials