EVALUATION OF CONTACT ANGLE OF ARTIFICIAL SALIVA WITH LIGHT CURE ACRYLIC RESINS- AN IN VITRO ANALYSIS

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  • A. Sai Sanjith, Dhanraj M. Ganapathy, L. Keerthi Sasanka

Abstract

Background: The contact angle of the saliva substitutes on the dental resins can be taken as an indicator of wettability. Good wetting of light cure resin is critical for optimum retention of dentures which are used as the denture lining materials.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the contact angle of artificial saliva with two different commercially available light cure resins.

Materials and methods: 5 samples from each brand of light cure resins were taken. Ossila Goniometer was used to determine the contact angle. A drop of artificial saliva was dispensed on the surface of the standard substrate. Totally two readings (Right and Left) of contact angle were taken for 10 samples. The obtained values were averaged and the results were observed.

Result: This study was done to compare the contact angle of artificial saliva with two different commercially available light cure resins using Ossila Goniometer. Comparing the two light cure resins, DPI brand had low average angle, i.e.,49.72 and the Rely X brand had the highest average angle, i.e.,56.19. So,DPI brand self cure resin is known to have high wettability.

Conclusion: Our study results proved that DPI brand light cure resin has more wettability and less contact angle compared to Rely X resin.

Published

2022-08-11 — Updated on 2021-11-03

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A. Sai Sanjith, Dhanraj M. Ganapathy, L. Keerthi Sasanka. (2021). EVALUATION OF CONTACT ANGLE OF ARTIFICIAL SALIVA WITH LIGHT CURE ACRYLIC RESINS- AN IN VITRO ANALYSIS. Drugs and Cell Therapies in Hematology, 10(3), 2410–2420. Retrieved from http://dcth.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1149 (Original work published August 11, 2022)

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