Surface characterization of polymers for temporary prosthesis after light-curing glaze treatment

• Grant number: 13/21383-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): February 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Dental Materials
• Principal Investigator: Daniela Micheline dos Santos
• Grantee: Betina Chiarelo Commar
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Araçatuba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The use of temporary prosthesis can extend for over months during an oral rehabilitation treatment. However, the material used in temporary prosthesis needs to present excellent pshysical properties to achieve greater longevity regarding the elements that may occur in the oral cavity. Therefore, the aim of this study will be to evaluate the influence of glaze application on some physical properties of polymers used for making temporary prosthesis, before and after thermocycling and immersion in coffee staining solution. Four different commercial brands of resins used to make provisory prosthesis will be evaluated: Dencor RAAQ (n=20) and RAAT (n=20), Charisma (n=20), Structur (n=20) and Protemp (n=20). Ten samples of each resin will be submitted to mechanical polishing and the other ten to chemical polishing with light-cured glaze. Tests of color stability, microhardness, roughness, surface energy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) will be performed before and after 2000 cycles of thermal cycling and again after 21 days of immersing the samples in coffee staining solution. The data obtained will be tested for adherence to the normal curve and the appropriate statistical test will be applied to compare the mean values of the samples.

Scientific publications

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DOS SANTOS, DANIELA MICHELINE; COMMAR, BETINA CHIARELO; BONATTO, LILIANE DA ROCHA; FREITAS DA SILVA, EMILY VIVIANNE; SONEGO, MARIANA VILELA; RANGEL, ELIDIANE CIPRIANO; PESQUEIRA, ALDIERIS ALVES; GOIATO, MARCELO COELHO. Surface characterization of polymers used in fabrication of interim prostheses after treatment with photopolymerized glaze. Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, v. 71, p. 755-763, FEB 1 2017. (13/21383-5)