RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of Flask Closure Method and Post-Pressing Time on the Displacement of Maxillary Denture Teeth
Wagner A Negreiros1, Rafael L.X Consani1, *, Marcelo F Mesquita1, Mario A.C Sinhoreti2, Ivan R Faria3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 21
Last Page: 25
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-3-21
DOI: 10.2174/1874210600903010021
Article History:
Received Date: 12/6/2008Revision Received Date: 28/10/2008
Acceptance Date: 21/1/2009
Electronic publication date: 6/3/2009
Collection year: 2009
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to verify the influence of flask closure methods and post-pressing times on tooth displacement in maxillary dentures. Twenty similar maxillary dentures were made using a heat-polymerized acrylic resin, and randomly assigned to 4 experimental groups (n=5) according to the protocol: 1-conventional flask closure and immediate polymerization; 2- conventional flask closure and polymerization after 6-hour post-pressing time; 3- RS flask closure system and immediate polymerization; and 4- RS flask closure system and polymerization after 6-hour post-pressing time. Three transverse and 2 anteroposterior linear distances between teeth were measured before and after the denture processing with an optical microscope with accuracy of 0.0005mm. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s test were performed to compare the results. The 6-hour post-pressing time (conventional = 0.44mm and RS = 0.33mm) showed no statistically significant difference in tooth movement, in relation to the flask closure methods, when compared to the immediate time (conventional = 0.40mm and RS = 0.28mm). The RS system standardized the tooth displacement, independently of the post-pressing times. Dimensional changes were more uniform when the dentures were submitted to the 6-hour post-pressing time and RS flask closure method, suggesting that these factors may reduce the magnitude of tooth movement.
