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Effect of immersion disinfection of alginate impressions in sodium hypochlorite solution on the dimensional changes
Hisako Hiraguchi1, Masahiro Kaketani, Hideharu Hirose
1Department of Dental Materials, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan. hiraguchi@dent.nihon-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
This study investigated the effect of the immersion of alginate impressions in 0.5% sodium hypochlorite solution for 15 min on the dimensional changes of stone models designed to simulate a sectional form of a residual ridge. Five brands of alginate impression materials, which underwent various dimensional changes in water, were used. A stone model made with an impression that had not been immersed was prepared as a control. The immersion of two brands of alginate impressions that underwent small dimensional changes in water did not lead to serious deformation of the stone models, and the differences in the dimensional changes between the stone models produced with disinfected impressions and those of the control were less than 15 µm. In contrast, the immersions of three brands of alginate impressions that underwent comparatively large dimensional changes in water caused deformation of the stone models.
