title: Evaluation of the effect of denture adhesives on surface roughness of two chemically different denture base resins.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of four commercially available denture adhesives (DAs) on surface roughness of two chemically different denture base materials.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty specimens of heat-cured polymethyl methacrylate, and another fifty specimens of light-cured urethane dimethacrylate were divided into five groups (n = 10), each was immersed in four prepared DAs (Corega Super Cream, Corega Ultra Powder, Olivafix Cream, Protefix Cream) as well as distilled water (control group). The mean surface roughness (R a) of the polished and unpolished surfaces of the specimens was recorded using profilometer device. T-test for paired observation was used to indicate any changes in surface roughness between the baseline and after 30 days of immersion in the DA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost all the tested DAs had no significant effect on the roughness of polished and unpolished surfaces of both denture base materials. The Corega super cream DA produced significant increase in the roughness of the polished surfaces of both types of acrylic specimens (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of the investigated DAs appears not to affect the surface roughness of denture base materials. Only Corega super cream DA produced detectable increase in the roughness of polished surfaces of denture base specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.|Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darwish
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.|Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
authors.forename: Mohammad Zakaria
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Nassani
keywords: Denture adhesives; denture base materials; surface roughness