[An evaluation of the bond strength of plastic teeth to acrylic denture base material]

Plastic teeth are preferred as functional portions with acrylic denture base material. The resin teeth have become the integral part of the denture by their chemical bonding with the base. But several factors effect the bonding: faulty boil-out procedures, residual wax on ridge-laps of the teeth, careless application of tin-foil substitutes to the teeth. On the other hand, grinding the glossy ridge-lap surface, painting the teeth with monomer or a solvent, preparing retention grooves on the ridge-lap portion of the teeth effectively lock the teeth to the denture base. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the bond strengths of the acrylic resin teeth and denture base material with retention grooves on the ridge-lap portion of the teeth. As a result of this study, bond strength between resin teeth and the denture base material is increased by the mechanical retention applied on the ridge-lap portion of the teeth.