title: Clinical effects of glazing denture acrylic resin bases using an ultraviolet curing method.
abstract: Control of denture plaque accumulation is essential to obtain and maintain a healthy oral mucosa in denture wearers. The present study was designed to study the effect on denture plaque accumulation and denture stomatitis of coating the fitting denture surface by a glaze. Twenty-one subjects wearing complete dentures participated in the study. Glazing of the denture surface was performed using a Perma Cure System. Plaque accumulation was studied clinically and using a semiquantitative microbiologic technique. Plaque accumulation on the glazed and the non-glazed halves of the fitting denture surface was compared after 1 wk. There was significantly less plaque on the glazed half of the denture (P less than 0.001), and the calculated number of CFU of bacteria/cm2 was significantly lower from the test area of the glazed half than from the test area of the non-glazed half of the denture (P less than 0.001). When the patients were re-examined 1 month after the entire fitting denture surface had been glazed plaque scores, yeast scores and number of CFU of bacteria/cm2 were not significantly different from those observed before glazing. There was a reduction of the erythema of the palatal mucosa in 14/19 patients with denture-induced stomatitis. The study indicates that coating of the fitting denture surface by a glaze may be a means to improve denture cleanliness; however, the present glazing system should be further developed to produce a more uniform glazing.
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins