Impact of popular beverages on polyamides versus polymethyl methacrylate denture base materials colour stability: in vitro study

摘要

Abstract Background Changing of different denture base materials colours could have a detrimental impact on patients' satisfaction and make them seek more frequent adjustments to their prosthesis; hence this study was conducted to investigate the colour stability of the conventional denture base polymer (PMMA) and polyamides. Methods Specimens of conventional PMMA and thermoplastic polyamides were constructed according to manufacturer instructions and utilized during the current study. For colour stability test a total of 80 specimens with dimensions of 40 mm (length) X 20 mm (width) X 0.8 mm (thicknesses), the specimens in this test were divided into two equal groups (n = 40) (PMMA specimens and polyamides specimens).Results When compared to polymethyl methacrylate denture base resin, polyamid denture base resin exhibited the greatest colour change (P 0.001). For 7 and 30 days, both materials had the greatest value in tea solution. One-Way ANOVA test P < 0.00001). Conclusions Within limitation of this in vitro study, we found that heat-cure PMMA resin has the significant higher colour stability when compared to the Polyamides after immersion in the tea, cola, coffee and distilled water solutions for 30 days.