A Comparison of the Wetting Ability of Three Artificial Saliva Substitutes on Heat-Cured Denture Base Resin - An In vitro Study

Madhu Ranjan; Mritunjay Kumar Keshari; Tushar Sinha; Mehtaab Singh Bhatia; Priya Rani; Jayant Prakash

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_247_23

A Comparison of the Wetting Ability of Three Artificial Saliva Substitutes on Heat-Cured Denture Base Resin - An In vitro Study

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2023 Jul;15(Suppl 2):S1016-S1019. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_247_23. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

Authors

Madhu Ranjan¹, Mritunjay Kumar Keshari², Tushar Sinha³, Mehtaab Singh Bhatia⁴, Priya Rani³, Jayant Prakash³

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Dental College, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
² Senior Lecture, Department of Prosthodontics Crown and Bridge, Hazaribagh Dental College, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India.
³ Tutor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Dental College, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
⁴ Reader, Department of Prosthodontics Crown and Bridge, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.

Abstract

Introduction: Salivary substitutes are gaining popularity these days because of the increase in patients with dry mouth. These substitutes must satisfy certain criteria to fulfill the patient's needs. One of these is wettability.

Materials and methods: One hundred fifty rectangular specimens of heat-cured denture base acrylic resin were prepared. A drop of test liquids (human saliva, distilled water, aqwet, saleva, and wet mouth) was placed over the test specimen and right and left contact angles were measured using optical contact angle machine.

Results: All test liquids performed better than distilled water. Human saliva has the least contact angle followed by aqwet.

Conclusion: Carboxymethyl cellulose base aqwet saliva substitute was found to be best having similar contact angle values to human saliva.

Keywords: Carboxymethyl cellulose; complete denture; saliva substitute; xerostomia.