OBJECTIVE:
This aim of this study was to evaluate effect of different methods on cleaning pigment and Candida albicans on heat curing acrylic resin using in denture base in vitro.
METHODS:
Sixty specimens(10x10×l.3mm) were dyed by coffee, tea and other pigmant from normal food. Then they were contaminated (37℃for 48 hours) by Candida albicans inoculum with 106 colony-forming units (CFU)/ml. Then, specimens were classed into 6 groups randomly and cleaned by the following methods respectively: (1)...