Open AccessEffect of water storage on the flexural strength of heat-cured denture base resin reinforced with stick (s) glass fibers
Author(s) -
Ankit Galav,
Suryakant Deogade,
Sneha Mantri,
K Sumathi,
Sneha Galav
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_157_17
Subject(s) - distilled water , acrylic resin , crosshead , materials science , glass fiber , composite material , flexural strength , fiber , universal testing machine , ultimate tensile strength , chemistry , chromatography , coating
Flexural strength (FS) of denture base resins (DBRs) had been improved by reinforcing it with different glass fibers. However, a limited data are available on the effect of glass fiber reinforcement with conventional heat-cured resin after prolonged water storage.