Bacterial Adhesion and Surface Roughness for Different Clinical Techniques for Acrylic Polymethyl Methacrylate

• Main Authors: Lucas Costa de Medeiros Dantas (Author), João Paulo da Silva-Neto (Author), Talita Souza Dantas (Author), Lucas Zago Naves (Author), Flávio Domingues das Neves (Author), Adérito Soares da Mota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study sought to assess the effect of different surface finishing and polishing protocols on the surface roughness and bacterial adhesion (S. sanguinis) to polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA). Fifty specimens were divided into 5 groups (n=10) according to their fabrication method and surface finishi...