AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE DENTURE BASE RESINS CURED BY MICROWAVE IRRADIATION

마이크로파 중합에 의한 의치상 레진의 물리적 성질에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical propertise and determine whether three were any differences in the amount of porosity of the denture base resins cured by microwave irradiation and conventional water bath heating. The resins used in this study were K-33 resin and Acron MC resin. The properties selected were transverse strength, Knoop hardness, and density. A ten-power eyepiece and scanning electron microscope(Magnification of ${\times}$ 30and ${\times}$150)were used to examine the specimens for porosity. Through analyses of the data from this study, the following conclusions were obtained. 1. Microwave energy can be effectively use dtopolymerize poly(methylmethacrylate) denture base resins. 2. In the transverse strength, K-33 resin cured by microwave irradiation was the first highest, water bath cured K-33 resin the second, microwave cured Acron MC resin the third, water bath cured Acron MC resin the fourth. 3. In the Knoop hardness, K-33 resin cured by microwave irradiation was the first hardest, water bath cured K-33 resin the second, water bath cured Acron MC resin the third, microwave cured Acron MC resin the the fourth. 4. No significant difference was found between the density of resin denture bases polymerized by either method. 5. K-33 resin showed the most porosity for the microwave curing. But there was no significant difference in the Acron MC resin and other curing method.