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ArticlePolymers2023

Effect of Adding Silver-Doped Carbon Nanotube Fillers to Heat-Cured Acrylic Denture Base on Impact Strength, Microhardness, and Antimicrobial Activity: A Preliminary Study.

Abdulaziz Alhotan, Rasha M Abdelraouf, Sabry A El-Korashy, Nawaf Labban, Hanan Alotaibi, Jukka P Matinlinna, Tamer M Hamdy

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors.

Abdulaziz AlhotanDepartment of Dental Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9036-0485
Rasha M AbdelraoufBiomaterials Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo 11553, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0551-4946
Sabry A El-KorashyDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0894-8771
Nawaf LabbanDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Hanan AlotaibiDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Jukka P MatinlinnaBiomaterials Science, Division of Dentistry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Tamer M HamdyRestorative and Dental Materials Department, Oral and Dental Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), El Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0948-194X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), is an acrylic polymer substance that is mostly used for denture base applications. The purpose of this laboratory study was to investigate the effect of adding 0.05 wt.% Ag-doped carbon nanotubes (CNT) to PMMA-based (PMMA and MMA) denture base material on the impact strength, microhardness, and antimicrobial activity. A total of 60 heat-cured acrylic resin specimens were prepared. The specimens were randomly divided into two main groups (

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antimicrobial activitycarbon nanotubesCNTheat-cured acrylic resinimpact strengthPMMApoly (methyl methacrylate)silver-dopedsurface microhardness

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PMID37447621
PMCPMC10347176

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