Antifungal Activity of Some Natural Oils on Heat Cured Acrylic and Tissue Conditioning Material

Al-Irhayim, Reem N.

doi:10.33899/rden.2011.164431

	Antifungal Activity of Some Natural Oils on Heat Cured Acrylic and Tissue Conditioning Material
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal
Article 3, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 17-24 PDF (1.15 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.33899/rden.2011.164431
Author
Reem N. Al-Irhayim
Abstract
Aims of the Study: The current study aims to evaluate the effect of some natural products (olive oil, thymus oil,and grap seed oil) in relation to Protifex on disinfection of acrylic resin denture base and tissue conditioning materials (Heat Cured and GC extra soft denture liner). Materials and method: The total number of samples were 30 specimens , their dimensions were (10x10x2mm). 15 specimens were prepared from heat cured acrylic resin and 15 were prepared from GC extrasoft tissue conditioing material, for each group they were immersed for 8hrs in these oils after they had been infected with Candida albicans and incubated for 48hrs. This study compared antifungal efficiency of distilled water (Negative Control), effervescent Protifex tablet as a positive control, olive oil, thymus oil, and grape seed oil. The statistical tests used were one way analysis of variance test, Duncan multiple range test to compare the groups. Results: The results demonstrated that there were significant differences between all tested oils and D.W in relation to antifungal activity at (P=0.05). Conclusions: All the tested natural oils were effective as fungicidal agents and there is no significant difference among them
Keywords
Natural oils; candida albicans; Denture Base; GC extrasoft liner

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