{
    "abstract": "To evaluate the effect of the size of stainless steel mesh and universal adhesive primer on the flexural strength of repaired polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) denture base resin.\nA total of 120 heat-cured PMMA specimens with dimensions of 5\u2009\u00d7\u200950\u2009\u00d7\u200930\u2009mm were prepared and repaired with two different sizes of stainless steel mesh reinforcement, one group with med-fine mesh (size 0.42\u2009mm\nA significantly higher mean flexural strength (p\u2009<\u20090.05) was recorded in primed groups non-thermocycled with fine mesh (174.80\u2009\u00b1\u200950.27\u2009MPa) and medium mesh (160.87\u2009\u00b1\u200941.50\u2009MPa) compared to non-primed groups. Non-primed specimens with fine mesh exhibited the highest Weibull modulus (5.86), whereas that of primed medium mesh had the lowest Weibull modulus (2.64). Adhesive failure was identified at the interface of the stainless steel mesh and the self-cure acrylic resin.\nApplication of the universal adhesive primer to both mid-fine and fine stainless steel mesh significantly improved the flexural strength of the repaired PMMA heat-cured acrylic resin, and reinforcement with primed fine stainless steel mesh resulted in significantly higher flexural strength of repaired PMMA heat-cured an acrylic resin.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.",
            "firstname": "Gray H",
            "initials": "GH",
            "lastname": "Li"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry and Oral Health, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.",
            "firstname": "Vidya",
            "initials": "V",
            "lastname": "Mudaliar"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.",
            "firstname": "Andrew B",
            "initials": "AB",
            "lastname": "Cameron"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.",
            "firstname": "John M",
            "initials": "JM",
            "lastname": "Aarts"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.",
            "firstname": "Joanne J E",
            "initials": "JJE",
            "lastname": "Choi"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": "Application of the universal adhesive primer to both mid-fine and fine stainless steel mesh significantly improved the flexural strength of the repaired PMMA heat-cured acrylic resin, and reinforcement with primed fine stainless steel mesh resulted in significantly higher flexural strength of repaired PMMA heat-cured an acrylic resin.",
    "copyrights": "\u00a9 2025 The Author(s). Clinical and Experimental Dental Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
    "doi": "10.1002/cre2.70127",
    "journal": "Clinical and experimental dental research",
    "keywords": [
        "denture reinforcement",
        "denture repair",
        "mesh reinforcement",
        "metal adhesive primer",
        "stainless steel mesh"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2025-04-07",
    "pubmed_id": "40193237\n34947803\n31973219\n34322206\n21625742\n7021802\n32128509\n25879079\n10071465\n31815108\n26877726\n33130522\n17220619\n26321840\n21165254\n29184836\n34530303\n9175359\n15733130\n11357077\n29872236\n11753313\n15232565\n26929705\n17451476\n29497449\n23857648\n31040543\n32359852",
    "results": "A significantly higher mean flexural strength (p\u2009<\u20090.05) was recorded in primed groups non-thermocycled with fine mesh (174.80\u2009\u00b1\u200950.27\u2009MPa) and medium mesh (160.87\u2009\u00b1\u200941.50\u2009MPa) compared to non-primed groups. Non-primed specimens with fine mesh exhibited the highest Weibull modulus (5.86), whereas that of primed medium mesh had the lowest Weibull modulus (2.64). Adhesive failure was identified at the interface of the stainless steel mesh and the self-cure acrylic resin.",
    "title": "Influence of Stainless Steel Mesh Size and Universal Adhesive Primer on Flexural Strength of Repaired PMMA Denture Base Resin.",
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}