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(Received 2 December 1991; sent for revision 9 March 1992; accepted 10 April 1992)
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION gauze were also often ~~s~~~essf~~~In sc9me experi-
ments, a V-shaped pattern of porosity was
Preliminary experiments observed owing ts uneven ~~~~~~~t~~~. of pressure
place.
Following this, an ex
with the stone
kept in its metal flask; w
metal discs removed, on
microwaves could pass thr
to reach the acrylic dough.
the flask clamp was
Fig. 1. Porous acrylic specimens produced in a gypsum mould
pressure could be a
with pressure applied by G-clamps.
Microwave energy to cure denture resins 119
10 min at 10%
Clear with a single
60 min at 40 % Clear, non-porous
tiny central pore
10 min at 100%
10 min at 10%
90 min at 40 % Clear, non-porous Clear, non-porous
5 min at ‘100%
10 min at 10%
90 min at 40 % Clear, non-porous Clear, non-porous
15 min at 100%
10min at 10%
Clear, non-porous Clear, non-porous
100 min at 40 % 1
Fig. 2. Dentures produced in an unpigmented resin by a
20 min at 110% Incomplete Incomplete
microwave technique.
40 min at 50 % polymerisation polymerisation
20min at IO% Won-porous, quite Slight porosity in
50 min at 50 % 1 transparent centre of specimen
20 min at 1.0% A few pores in lower one contained the dough. As before, this flask
Clear, non-porous
60 min at 50 % 1 centre of specimen was used without its upper or lower metal discs.
20min at 10% Slight porosity in Curing was carried out at 20 %, 50 % and 100 %
Clear, non-porous
90 min at 50% } centre of specimen
20min at 10%
power consecutively, at 20 min for each power
Did not polymerise Did not polymerise setting. The specimens contained a small amount of
30 min at 60% !-
20min at 10%
Porosity in centre porosity.
30 min at 60% Clear, non-porous
with branch shape On the assumption that this porosity was of the
5 min at 100%
20min at 10% gaseous type, the above experiment was repeated,
IClear, non-porous Porosity in centre
40 min at 60 % using a longer curing time, namely, 10 % power for
20min at 10% 20 min, 40 % for 40 min, 60 % for 10 min, then
Clear, non-porous Porosity in centre
45 min at 60% ?
100 % for 10 min. This yielded apparently sat-
isfactory specimens.
Microwave cured :
10 min at 10%
Slight change
90 min at 40% > 1.48 ( f 0.28) 3.24 ( f 0.44) 0.75 0.005
in colour
15 min at 100%
ADA specification max. 2.5 min. 2.0 max. 0.8 max. 0.04 Slight change
max. 5.5
Table 2 shows data for microwave cured specimens, 1. Psyor, W. J., hjection moulding of plastics for dentures. J,
Am. Dent. Assoc. 29 (1942) 1408-8.
tested according to the ADA specification number
2. rooks, S. C., Huggetc, R. Ba’ies, J. F.,
12. It appears that satisfactory acrylic specimens denturekase materials. Dent.
can be produced by this technique.
Full upper and lower dentures were prepared in 3. 07~ Denld Mmeiiab j!ith edn).