COLOR STAINING, SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND THE EFFECT OF DENTURE CLEANSERS ON POLYAMIDE DENTURE BASE MATERIAL – A REVIEW
Dr. Divya Subramanian*, Dr. George Francis, Dr. Arun K. Joy, Dr. Merin K. Joseph, Dr. Reshma Raju, Dr. Mebil Joseph and Dr. Aishwarya Udayakumar
ABSTRACT
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has been the most popular material used for denture fabrication since its introduction in 1937. Polyamide resin was proposed as a denture base material in the 1950s. They display greater flexibility and low cytotoxicity when compared to PMMA. The purpose of this article is to review the surface roughness, color stainability and effect of denture cleansers on the polyamide denture base materials.
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