European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Surface Characteristics and Microbial Adhesion in Polymethylmethacrylate for Denture Base Submitted to Antimicrobial Agents and Cleaning Agents: A Systematic Review

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Cover Date

March 2023

Print ISSN

0965-7452

Electronic ISSN

2396-8893

Vol

31

Issue

1

Abstract

This review aimed to identify the influence of antimicrobial and cleaning agents on surface characteristics such as surface free energy (SFE) and wettability, and
microbial adhesion in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for denture base. The review question, based on PICO, was: “Does intervention with antimicrobial and cleaning agents in PMMA influence the surface free energy, wettability, and consequently the microbial adhesion?” and the protocol was registered in Open Science Framework (osf.io/v3xgn). The search was performed in PubMed, Lilacs, Embase, Scopus, and Science Direct databases, using the terms: (“acrylic resin” OR PMMA) AND (antimicrobial OR antibacterial) AND (“electrostatic interaction” OR surface free energy) AND (biofilm OR “bacteria adhesion”), and resulted in 462 articles, of which 7 were included. The antimicrobials polypara-xylylene, carboxybetaine methacrylate, ethylene glycol methacrylate phosphate, and deposition of F and Ag ions in PMMA influenced the SFE and wettability. Denture cleaners reduced microbial adhesion. Five of the included studies evaluated the microbial adhesion, however, only two observed a direct relationship between SFE, wettability, and microbial adhesion. It was concluded that the intervention with antimicrobial and cleaning agents in PMMA can interfere in SFE and surface wettability, but no correlation was observed between microbial adhesion and these surface characteristics in PMMA.

Keywords
Polymethylmethacrylate
Denture Base
Antimicrobial
Microbial Adhesion
Cleaning Agents
Surface Free Energy