Effect of Different Surface Modifications of Acrylic Teeth and Thermocycling on Shear Bond Strength to Polycarbonate Denture Base Material

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Material</td><td class="align_center">Manufacturer</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Acrylic teeth</td><td class="align_center">Betastar teeth, Beta Dent, Tehran, Iran</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Baseplate wax</td><td class="align_center">Shanghai New Century Dental Materials Co., China</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">A bonding agent (Thermo fusing liquid)</td><td class="align_center">Vertex-Dental, Netherlands</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ethyl acetate</td><td class="align_center">Labort Fine Chem Pvt. Ltd, India</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gypsum separating solution</td><td class="align_center">Isodent, SpofaDental, Czechoslovakia, Europe</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Polycarbonate (extra rigid polymer M10<sub>XR</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">Deflex, Argentina</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dental stone</td><td class="align_center">Kimberlit extra hard high-density die stone, Spain</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Materials used to prepare the test samples.</div>

International Journal of Biomaterials

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Table 1: Effect of Different Surface Modifications of Acrylic Teeth and Thermocycling on Shear Bond Strength to Polycarbonate Denture Base Material 