Propriedades mecanicas de resinas acrilicas para base de protese antes e apos metodos de reparos / Mechanical properties of denture base acrylic resins before and after repair methods

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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Fractures by impact and flexural action are the main problems described by denture users and dentists. Attempting to solve this problem, modifications on the chemical composition of the acrylic resins as co-polymer inclusion, cross linking agents addition and rubber particles incorporation in the form of butadiene styrene have been described as effective and worthwhile means to improve the impact strength and fracture propagation. However, literature lacks information regarding the incorporation of these modifying impact additives in the fracture process, plastic deformation and microstructure of acrylic resins. Furthermore, due to the brittleness of the polymeric materials, the presence of cracks and fractures in the removable prosthesis denture bases still remains high. Thus, frequent repairs are somewhat common procedures in the clinical practice, being by direct or indirect methods. Therefore, the effect of the repairs materials on the mechanical properties of acrylic resins is not clearly described yet. Front of these considerations, the purposes of the present study were: I) evaluate the impact and flexural strength, as well as, stress at yield, Young modulus and displacement at yield of acrylic resins containing impact modifiers and analyze their microstructure; II) determine the impact and flexural strength of denture base acrylic resins previously fractured and repaired with visible-light, auto and heat-polymerized acrylic resins. As results, it could be observed that the acrylic resin containing rubber particles, considered as the high impact, showed high capacity of energy dissipation and stress absorption before the fracture, lower percentage of deformation, however it exhibited brittle fracture process. Regarding to acrylic resins used as repair materials, it was concluded that repairs performed with the same resin used to fabricate the specimens showed the best results for mechanical resistance

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microscopia eletronica de varredura resinas acrilicas microestrutura acrylic resins fraturas microscopy electron scanning prosthesis protese microstructure fracture

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