Evaluation of flexural strength and surface properties of prepolymerized CAD/CAM PMMA-based polymers used for digital 3D complete dentures

Arslan M., MURAT S., Alp G., Zaimoglu A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERIZED DENTISTRY, vol.21, no.1, pp.31-40, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERIZED DENTISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.31-40
  • Keywords: CAD/CAM, digital complete dentures, flexural strength (FS), hydrophobicity, PMMA, surface roughness (R-a), FABRICATED COMPLETE DENTURES, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, BACTERIAL ADHESION, FREE-ENERGY, IMPLANT MATERIALS, ROUGHNESS, RESIN, POLYMERIZATION, PRESSURE, PLAQUE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: The objectives of this in vitro study were to evaluate the flexural strength (FS), surface roughness (R-a), and hydrophobicity of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)-based computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) polymers and to compare the properties of different CAD/CAM PMMA-based polymers with conventional heat-polymerized PMMA following thermal cycling.