Knowledge and Applicational use of Modified Monomer Acrylic Denture Base Resin among Dental Practitioners: A Survey

M Jeevitha,Rakshagan V Reader,Selvaraj Jeyaraman,Varusha Sharon Christopher

doi:10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i62b35170

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https://doi.org/10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i62b35170

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Abstract

Several modifications to the denture base PMMA resins have been tried in recent years to improve the physico-mechanical and biological qualities. Polymer and monomer alterations are two types of modifications that can be found. Advances in polymer science have resulted in innovative polymers with higher impact strength and fatigue resistance, high-impact polymers and fiber-reinforced polymers, for example. This survey tries to determine the level of knowledge and awareness on the applications of these modified monomers in acrylic denture base resin among dental practitioners.

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Dental materials are essential in the practise of prosthetic dentistry
Despite the fact that different denture base polymers have been developed and brought into dentistry to solve poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) resin's shortcomings, it has remained the preferred material for denture base manufacture [1]
Several modifications to the denture base PMMA resins have been tried in recent years to improve the physico-mechanical and biological qualities [4]

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Dental materials are essential in the practise of prosthetic dentistry. Prosthodontists are the ones that deal with a wide variety of materials. A good dentist can recognise and use any material, but a good prosthodontist is a skilled chemist who understands material reactions and manipulations. A prosthodontist and denture base acrylic resins have a lifelong friendship. For the past 60 years the most often used denture base material is poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). Despite the fact that different denture base polymers have been developed and brought into dentistry to solve PMMA resin's shortcomings, it has remained the preferred material for denture base manufacture [1]. The widespread consumption of PMMA resin is due to its combination of numerous desirable features, even though its properties are not optimal in every way [2]

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