Evaluation of efficacy of commercial denture cleansing agents to reduce the fungal biofilm activity from heat polymerized denture acrylic resin: An in vitro study

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Dhamande, Mithilesh ^a   Pakhan, Ashok ^a   Thombare, Ram ^a   Ghodpage, Shyam ^b  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Prosthodontics   (India)

Author keywords

Acrylic resins; Candida albicans; denture cleanser

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903581629     PISSN: 0976237X     EISSN: 09762361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.96820     Document Type: Article

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