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. 2022 Mar 9;10(3):42.
doi: 10.3390/dj10030042.

Water Sorption, Solubility, and Translucency of 3D-Printed Denture Base Resins

Mohammed M Gad  1 , Saleh Z Alshehri  2 , Shahad A Alhamid  2 , Alanoud Albarrak  2 , Soban Q Khan  3 , Faris A Alshahrani  1 , Firas K Alqarawi  1
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Water Sorption, Solubility, and Translucency of 3D-Printed Denture Base Resins

Mohammed M Gad et al. Dent J (Basel). .

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the water sorption, solubility, and translucency of 3D-printed denture base resins (NextDent, FormLabs, and Asiga), compare them to heat-polymerized acrylic denture base resins, and assess their performance under the effects of thermal cycling. A total of 80 acrylic disc specimens were used in the current study, categorized into four groups (n = 10); in one group, the samples were fabricated conventionally with a heat-polymerizing process (control), while the other three groups were fabricated digitally from different 3D-printed reins (NextDent, FormLabs, and Asiga). Specimens were fabricated according to the manufacturers’ recommendations and immersed in distilled water for 48 h at 37 °C. Data on water sorption, solubility, and translucency measurements (T1) were obtained. All the specimens were subjected to 5000 thermal cycles, and then the measures were repeated using the same method (T2). Data analysis was attained via ANOVA and the post hoc Tukey test (α = 0.05). The type of resin significantly affected the values of water sorption, solubility, and translucency (p < 0.001). The water sorption of 3D-printed resins was increased significantly in comparison to control with or without a thermal cycling effect. In terms of solubility, a significant increase in 3D-printed resins before thermocycling was observed; however, after thermocycling, Asiga had a significantly low value compared to the other groups (p < 0.001). Thermal cycling increased the water sorption and solubility of all tested materials. In comparison to control, the translucency of the 3D-printed resins was significantly decreased (p < 0.001). The translucency was significantly decreased per material in terms of the thermal cycling effect (before and after). NextDent showed significantly low translucency values (p < 0.001) compared to the other groups. All 3D-printed resin groups had higher water sorption and solubility and lower translucency values in comparison to the heat-polymerized resin group. Regardless of resin types, thermal cycling adversely affected all tested properties.

Keywords: denture base resin; solubility; three-dimensional printing; translucency; water sorption.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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(A) Specimens dimension in STL file, and (B) 3D-printed specimens.
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Specimen aging using thermocycling machine.
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Figure 3
Water sorption values before and after thermal cycling.
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Figure 4
Solubility values before and after thermal cycling.
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Figure 5
Translucency values before and after thermal cycling.
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