Eighteen Months Follow-Up with Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment of Complete Dentures Manufactured Using a Hybrid Nanocomposite and Additive CAD/CAM Protocol.

ABSTRACT: Abstract: The present study aimed to assess the eighteen month follow-up patient-centered outcomes of a simple and predictable protocol for 3D-printed functional complete dentures manufactured using an improved poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-nanoTiO₂. A detailed morphological and structural characterization of the PMMA-TiO₂ nanocomposite, using SEM, EDX, XRD, and AFM, after 3D-printing procedure and post-wearing micro-CT, was also performed.

Methods

A total of 35 fully edentulous patients were enrolled in this prospective study. A 0.4% TiO₂-nanoparticle-reinforced PMMA composite with improved mechanical strength, morphologically and structurally characterized, was used according to an additive computer-aided design and computer-aided

SUBMITTER: Cristache CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature