THE AIM OF THE STUDY

Was to determine the presence of an amoxicillin-based antibiotic in bone implant biopsies by Raman spectroscopy in an experiment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Experimental animals (n=10, a miniature pig of the Svetlogorsk breed) were divided into 2 groups of 5 animals. Groups 1 and 2 were injected with amoxicillin 2 ml per 20 kg of body weight 30 minutes before dental implantation surgery, then group 2 was additionally injected with 1 ml per 20 kg of body weight for 5 days. Each animal has 6 implants installed. On the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th day, an implant-bone biopsy was removed from each animal, micro-preparations were made and Raman spectroscopy was performed to assess the peak matching of the Raman spectrum.

RESULTS

In animals of the 1st and 2nd groups, the main peak of the Raman spectrum, which is closest to the values of the antibiotic spectrum of interest to us, is located closer to 1448 cm^–1 and 1446 cm^–1, respectively. At the same time, in both observations, the peaks relate to the spectrum of bone tissue, which cannot indicate the content of an antibiotic in the drug.

CONCLUSION

No scattering spectra corresponding to the antibiotic molecule were found in any animal from both groups, regardless of the mode of administration and dosage of amoxicillin. The detected peaks corresponded to bone tissue without an antibiotic.