Improved wettability of an experimental silicone rubber denture soft lining material

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-771

  Waters, Mark G J ^a   Jagger, Robert ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denture liners; Dynamic contact angle analysis; Silicone rubber; Surfactants; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DENTAL PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; WATER; WETTING;

DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE ANALYZER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL BONDING; SILICONE RUBBER;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; SEALANT; SILASTIC; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DENTURE; LUBRICATION; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT; WETTABILITY;

CATALYSIS; DENTURE LINERS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; SALIVA; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SILICONES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER; WETTABILITY; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 0032732625     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:6<765::AID-JBM1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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