3Denture base repair or relining is mandatory for the prolonged service life of the prosthesis. 9 The application of chairside autopolymerizing resins seems to have increased because direct relining is more convenient and faster than indirect laboratory processed relining. 3 However, thermoplastic denture base resins have high chemical resistance due to its high degree of crystallinity causing difflculty in the penetration of monomer molecules and other resin primers into https: //doi.org/10.4047/jkap.2018.56.3.199 Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of nonthermal plasma treatment on the bond strength of autopolymerizing relining resin to the injection molded thermoplastic denture base resins (TDBRs) with different surface treatments. Materials and methods: Acrylic Resin (Acrytone), Polyester (Estheshot-Bright), Polyamide (Valplast) and Polypropylene (Weldenz) were subjected to various surface treatments: No treatment, Nonthermal plasma, Sandblasting, Sandblasting and nonthermal plasma. Specimens were bonded using an autopolymerizing relining resin. Shear bond strength was tested using universal testing machine with crosshead speed of 1 mm/min. Statistical analysis by two-way analysis of variance with Tukey's test post hoc was used. Results: Acrytone showed significantly higher shear bond strength value among other TDBR group while Weldenz had the lowest. The sandblasting and nonthermal plasma condition had significantly higher shear bond strength value in all of the resin groups (P < .05).
Conclusion:The use of nonthermal plasma treatment showed limited effect on the shear bond strength between TDBRs and relining resin, and combination of nonthermal plasma and sandblasting improved the shear bond strength between TDBR and reline material. (J Korean Acad Prosthodont 2018;56:199-205)