The level of residual monomer in self-curing denture-base materials.
Because residual monomer may cause tissue irritation, we investigated two self-curing acrylic denture-base materials--one a compression type, and the other a pourable material--by means of gas-liquid chromatography. Both exhibited higher residual monomer levels than did heat-cured acrylics, with thick sections having lower values than did thin sections. The pourable material showed lower values than did the compression variety.
D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000032:analysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003819:Denture Bases; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000032:analysis
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate