Abstract
In this study, we investigated if electrolyzed water (strong acid electrolyzed water and strong alkaline electrolyzed water) could be applied to plaque control of resilient denture liners.
Five commercially available resilient denture liners were immersed in electrolyzed water or distilled water for two weeks. Rubber hardness, surface roughness, color, and weight were measured before immersion and at 1 and 2 weeks after immersion.
The strong acid electrolyzed water changed the rubber-hardness-acrylic-type and fluorine-type resilient denture liners color of acrylic type and polyorefine type resilient denture liners, compared with distilled water. However, surface roughness and weight of these resilient denture liners were not affected by immersion in the electrolyzed water. Other resilient denture liners were not affected by immersion into the electrolyzed water, for all experimental items.
These results suggest that there were few effects on the property of resilient denture liners, and that electrolyzed water can be applied for cleaning of resilient denture liners.
