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ArticleEuropean journal of dentistry2026

Evaluation of the Antifungal Efficacy of Natural Gum Acacia and Aloe Vera against Candida albicans on Conventional and Digital Denture Base Materials: An In Vitro Study.

Mai Salah El-Din, Hend Zeitoun, Mostafa I Fayad, Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Redhwan Saleh Al-Gabri, Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi, Rania Moussa

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Article in European journal of dentistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mai Salah El-DinDepartment of Prosthodontics, Alexandria University Main Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8516-7330
Hend ZeitounDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0002-6330-5357
Mostafa I FayadDepartment of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5516-0795
Muhammad Sohail ZafarDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-7067
Redhwan Saleh Al-GabriDepartment of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ibb University, Ibb, Yemen.ORCID 0009-0006-5962-6907
Ahmed Yaseen AlqutaibiDepartment of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6536-8269
Rania MoussaDepartment of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3805-6646

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Abstract

Objectives: This study evaluated the efficacy of Acacia Arabica and aloe vera solutions versus commercial effervescent tablets on Materials and Methods: A total of 96 square-shaped denture base specimens (24 per group) were fabricated from heat-cured polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), thermoformed polyamide (FlexiUltra), milled computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM; Avadent), and 3D-printed (FormLabs) resins. Specimens were allocated into a control group (distilled water) and three experimental groups ( Statistical Analysis: One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed for mean comparison, and data were considered significant at Results: The reduction in mean Conclusions: The antifungal efficacy of alkaline peroxide denture cleansers was determined to be the highest. The cost-effective GA may serve as a viable denture disinfectant, particularly for thermoformed polyamide denture bases.

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