Browsing by Subject "ethylene glycol ethyl methacrylate"

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    Investigating the Cytocompatibility of a Novel Flipped Ester Group Design Polymer Composites against Oral Keratinocytes
    (2022-05-09) Kumar, Dhiraj; Bolskar, Robert D; Mutreja, Isha; Jones, Robert S; rsjones@umn.edu; Jones, Robert S; Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Isha Mutreja; B-A-M (Biofilm-Apatite-Microbiome) Lab, Robert S Jones, Dhiraj Kumar; TDA Research Inc, Robert D Bolskar
    The methacrylate based polymeric materials have been widely used in dentistry because of the ease in tuning the physico-mechanical properties along with their ability to polymerize at room temperature in a period of seconds without causing deleterious exothermal effects. However, these materials are susceptible to hydrolysis of functional ester groups in the polymer backbone which prompted the development of a novel designer polymer with ester groups present in the side chain instead of the polymer backbone. Previously we have compared the physico-mechanical and stability profile of the new polymer with traditional EGDMA using accelerated aging, esterase, and bacterial incubation models. Another important parameter for polymer design in biological systems, such as use in dentistry, is polymer biocompatibility. The goal of this pilot investigation was to assess the cytocompatibility of novel design polymer EGEMA compared to EGDMA, a diluting agent in dental formulations, and a commercially available formulation Helioseal® (Ivoclar Vivodent). Material discs of the EGEMA, EGDMA, and Helioseal® were test in the presence of oral keratinocytes (TERT-2/OKF-6). After assessing oral keratinocytes cellular metabolic activity and cell morphology, the investigation suggested EGEMA and EGDMA showed comparable cytocompatibility that was statistical more favorable than Helioseal®.
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    A Novel Methacrylate Derivative Polymer That Resists Bacterial Cell-Mediated Biodegradation Data Sharing Archive
    (2021-11-22) Kumar, Dhiraj; Ghose, Debarati; Mutreja, Isha; Bolskar, Robert; Jones, Robert S; rsjones@umn.edu; Jones, Robert S; B-A-M (Biofilm-Apatite-Microbiome) Lab, Robert S Jones DDS PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota; TDA Research, Inc.
    We studied biodegradation resistance of a custom synthesized (by TDA Research Inc) novel ethylene glycol ethyl methacrylate (EGEMA) with ester bond linkages that are external to the central polymer backbone when polymerized. Experiments were designed to compare degradation resistance with Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) with internal ester bond linkages. The data has been published in an article titled "A Novel Methacrylate Derivative Polymer That Resists Bacterial Cell-Mediated Biodegradation" in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials. The data in this record supports the figures in the published manuscript.