The effect of denture cleansers on the color stability, water sorption and water solubility of stained light cured acrylic denture base material

Abstract

The dirty denture may have undesirable effect on patient's health and ability to
successful wear of the denture, if a patient's denture becomes unsanitary, the
consequences may be bad breath, poor esthetic, denture stomatitis and angular
cheilitis and the using of the denture cleanser is the solution for this problem but the
prolong use of such cleansers may affect the properties of the denture. The aim of the
study is to observe the effect of denture cleansers on color stability, water sorption
and water solubility of the light cured acrylic resin after their immersion in tea
solution.
Light curing acrylic resin was prepared and immersed in four types of denture
cleansers after there staining with tea then color stability, water sorption and water
solubility of acrylic resin was measured.
There were no changes in the stained acrylic properties when the samples were
immersed in prepared denture cleansers and in the alkaline peroxide cleanser
compared to that immersed in the distilled water in respect to color stability, sorption
and solubility of the testing groups.
The water sorption, water solubility and color stability of the light cured acrylic
resin where immersed in the prepared denture cleanser solutions are in accordance
with the American dental association no.12. The denture cleanser are good and
satisfactory cleanser materials for the acrylic resin denture base and it’s recommended
for cleansing the prostheses which are cured by light curing method.