Development and in vitro Evaluation of an Intra-oral Controlled-release Delivery System for Chlorhexidine
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 68 (8), 1285-1288
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345890680081401
Abstract
Copolymers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) were prepared and used to fabricate a membrane-controlled reservoir-type controlled-release delivery system for chlorhexidine that should be suitable for intra-oral use. The reservoir of the system was prepared bys softening an 80:20 mixture of chlorhexidine diacetate and 50:50 HEMA:MMA copolymer with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and pressing standard amounts of the resulting dough-like mixture into silicone rubber molds. A membrane was applied to the reservoirs by rotating them through a solution of 30:70 HEMA:MMA copolymer in MEK. The finished oval-shaped controlled-release pellets were approximately 4. 7 mm wide, 3.3 mm high, and 7.4 mm long, and contained 45.0 ± 3.7 mg of chlorhexidine diacetate. The mean in vitro release rate of chlorhexidine diacetate from the pellets into 37°C water was 608 ± 55 μg/24 h for days 2 through 11, and 389 ± 50 μg/24 h for days 15 to 30 of the test period. The chlorhexidine released on day 30 was biologically active, as determined by a serial dilution assay against Streptococcus mutans. The extended release of biologically active chlorhexidine at a controlled rate from this system suggests that it is worthy of further evaluation for the intra-oral therapy of chlorhexidine-treatable oral infections in non-compliant and physically or mentally compromised individuals.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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