The goal of disinfection in the dental office is to prevent the spread of infection from one patient to another and maintain the safety of the dental care providers. Prevention of cross infection has significant effect on infection control. The standard procedure of rinsing impressions under tap water immediately after removal from the mouth eliminates microorganisms along with saliva and blood. A broad search on published literature was done using the keywords impression materials, disinfection method, and sterilization of dental impression from 1980 to 2016 in Medline, Google Scholar, the internet, and textbooks. This article critically analyzes the various published methods of dental impression disinfection in dentistry.

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The antimicrobial effect of silver could be used vividly in the denture base for immunocompromised and geriatric patients.

To evaluate and compare the dimensional stability, accuracy and surface hardness of three interocclusal recording materials at various time intervals. Polyvinylsiloxane, Zinc oxide eugenol, Aluwax were taken for this study. A stainless steel die of ADA specification no 19. was prepared. A total of ten samples were made with each group. The samples were measured using a travelling microscope of 10× magnification at 1, 24, 48 and 72 h time intervals. Five readings were taken for each sample, the mean was considered to measure the dimensional change, accuracy and surface hardness. The values obtained were statistically analysed by ANOVA and Tukey HSD-Honestly significant difference. Polyvinylsiloxane was the most dimensionally stable, accurate and had the highest surface hardness among the three inter-occlusal materials.

The s hear bond strength between ceramic bonded with Ni-Cr alloys using the Laser etching as surface treatment was 49.12 ± 7.12 MPa and for Co-Cr alloys 50.04 ± 4.27 MPa. Laser surface treatment produces an excellent surface roughness and achieved good shear bond strength values and aid in achieving a better bond strength between metals and ceramic.