PURPOSEPurpose of this study was to evaluate effect of two surface treatments, sandblasting and monomer treatment, on tensile bond strength between two long term resilient liners and poly (methyl methacrylate) denture base resin.MATERIALS AND METHODSTwo resilient liners Super-Soft and Molloplast-B were selected.Sixty acrylic resin (Trevalon) specimens with cross sectional area of 10×10 mm were prepared and divided into two groups of 30 specimens each. Each group was surface treated (n = 10) by sandblasting (250 µ alumina particles), monomer treatment (for 180 sec) and control (no surface treatment). Resilient liners were processed between 2 poly(methyl methacrylate) surfaces, in the dimensions of 10×10×3 mm. Tensile strength was determined with Instron Universal testing machine, at a crosshead speed of 5 mm/min; and the modes of failure (adhesive, cohesive or mixed) were recorded. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey HSD test (α = 0.05).RESULTSMonomer pretreatment of acrylic resin produced significantly higher bond strengths when compared to sandblasting and control for both resilient liners (P < .001). Sandblasting significantly decreased the bond strength for both the liners when compared to monomer pretreatment and control (P < .001). Mean bond strength of Super-Soft lined specimens was significantly higher than Molloplast-B in various surface treatment groups (P < .05).CONCLUSIONSurface pretreatment of the acrylic resin with monomer prior to resilient liner application is an effective method to increase bond strength between the base and soft liner. Sandblasting, on the contrary, is not recommended as it weakens the bond between the two.
Aim: Post-and-core restorations require sufficient length of the post for retention of the prosthesis and root strength. The effect of different lengths of prefabricated zirconia posts (ZPs) on the fracture strength of endodontically treated teeth needs evaluation. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro fracture resistance of endodontically treated incisors restored with ZP, glass-fiber (GFP), and cast posts (CP) of different lengths. Settings and Design: Comparative in-vitro study. Materials and Methods: Sixty extracted incisors were endodontically treated, tooth preparations were carried out, and the impression of the coronal portion of each prepared tooth was made using polyvinyl siloxane impression material loaded in copper tubes. The coronal portion of each tooth was removed, maintaining a 2 mm ferrule. The teeth were restored with one of the three posts: CPs, GFP, or ZPs, with intraradicular lengths of either 6 or 8 mm ( n = 10). The CP and core patterns were fabricated using post space impressions and core buildup and cast using Nickel–Chromium alloy. After composite resin core buildup of GFP and ZPs treated teeth using the previously made copper tube impressions, the teeth were loaded to fracture in an oblique direction in the universal testing machine. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA and Tukey–Kramer tests (α = 0.05). Results: The highest and lowest values of fracture resistance were reported with ZP8 and GFP6 groups, respectively. There was no significant difference in fracture resistance between the posts of length 6 mm and 8 mm in CP, GFP, and ZP groups. There was no significant difference ( P = 0.953) in fracture resistance between CP (284.8 N) and ZP (258.31 N) groups, while the GFP group (160.61 N) had a significantly lower value of fracture resistance than the CP and ZP groups. Two-way ANOVA test for fracture resistance of the post systems and post lengths showed that there was no significant correlation between the post systems and post length on the fracture resistance. There was a greater percentage of favorable fractures in GFP and ZP groups (65% each), than the CP group (20%). Conclusion: For the post systems tested, extending the post length does not significantly increase the fracture resistance of the restored teeth. The ZP represents a viable alternative to the cast metal post during the esthetic restoration of endodontically treated anterior teeth.
Complete edentulism often limits patients' ability to masticate and perform other oral functions, resulting in a reduction of oral-health-related quality of life. Although the two-implant mandibular overdenture may be considered as a minimum standard of treatment of complete edentulism, patients often prefer conventional complete dentures due to cost and surgical procedures related to implant supported dentures. Many complete denture patients may have limited access to dental care due to socioeconomic or health issues, hence there is a need in simplification of complete denture fabrication. Researchers have proposed "simplified" techniques to fabricate complete dentures by eliminating two stage impression procedures facebow transfer, and articulator programming, with impressive initial results. However, long-term clinical data of these techniques is unavailable. A novel technique for fabricating simplified complete dentures in three visits, using patient's existing dentures is presented here. Unlike previously described techniques on "simplified" dentures, this technique does not eliminate vital steps such as border-molded impressions, facebow transfer, verification of centric relations during try-in, programming of the articulator, and balancing procedures.
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