2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a new denture cleaning tools using the melamine foam

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20791433
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Prosthetic dentistry
Research Institution	Nagasaki University
Principal Investigator	YAMASHITA Rika Nagasaki University, 病院, 助教 (50336179)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	有床義歯補綴学 / 義歯清掃 / メラミンフォーム
Research Abstract	This study evaluated whether the melamine foam could be used to denture cleaning. There were no significant differences in acrylic resin surface roughness between polishing with melamine foam and rouge. And, the surface roughness of composite resin cleaning with melamine foam was smaller than cleaning with denture brush. These results suggested that the melamine foam could be used to denture cleaning.

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