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Clinical effects of glazing denture acrylic resin bases using an ultraviolet curing method
Author(s) -
BUDTZJÖRGENSEN EJVIND,
KAABER SVEND
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1986.tb01801.x
Subject(s) - glazing , acrylic resin , curing (chemistry) , materials science , composite material , ultraviolet , uv curing , coating , optoelectronics
– Control of denture plaque accumulation is essential to obtain and maintain a healthy oral mucosa in denture wearers. The present study was designed to study the effect on denture plaque accumulation and denture stomatitis of coating the fitting denture surface by a glaze. Twenty‐one subjects wearing complete dentures participated in the study. Glazing of the denture surface was performed using a Perma Cure System. Plaque accumulation was studied clinically and using a semiquantitative microbiologic technique. Plaque accumulation on the glazed and the non‐glazed halves of the fitting denture surface was compared after 1 wk. There was significantly less plaque on the glazed half of the denture ( P <0.001), and the calculated number of CFU of bacteria/cm 2 was significantly lower from the test area of the glazed half than from the test area, of the non‐glazed half of the denture ( P <0.001). When the patients were reexamined 1 month after the entire fitting denture surface bad been glazed plaque scores, yeast scores and number of CFU of bacteria/cm 2 were not significantly different from those observed before glazing. There was a reduction of the erythema of the palatal mucosa in 14/19 patients with denture‐induced stomatitis. The study indicates that coating of the fitting denture surface by a glaze may be a means to improve denture cleanliness; however, the present glazing system should be further developed to produce a more uniform glazing.