Denture fractures are common in daily practice, causing inconvenience to the patient and to the dentists. Denture repairs should have adequate strength, dimensional stability and color match, and should be easily and quickly performed as well as relatively inexpensive. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the flexural strength of acrylic resin repairs processed by different methods: warm water-bath, microwave energy, and chemical polymerization. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty rectangular specimens (31x10x2.5 mm) were made with warm water-bath acrylic resin (Lucitone 550) and grouped (15 specimens per group) according to the resin type used to make repair procedure: 1) specimens of warm water-bath resin (Lucitone 550) without repair (control group); 2) specimens of warm water-bath resin repaired with warm water-bath; 3) specimens of warm water-bath resin repaired with microwave resin (Acron MC); 4) specimens of warm water-bath resin repaired with autopolymerized acrylic resin (Simplex). Flexural strength was measured with the three-point bending in a universal testing machine (MTS 810 Material Test System) with load cell of 100 kgf under constant speed of 5 mm/min. Data were analyzed statistically by Kruskal-Wallis test (p<0.05). RESULTS: The control group showed the best result (156.04±1.82 MPa). Significant differences were found among repaired specimens and the results were decreasing as follows: group 3 (43.02±2.25 MPa), group 2 (36.21±1.20 MPa) and group 4 (6.74±0.85 MPa). CONCLUSION: All repaired specimens demonstrated lower flexural strength than the control group. Repairs with autopolymerized acrylic resin showed the lowest flexural strength.

Permlastic® is a polysulfide-based impression material widely used by dentists in Brazil. It is composed of a base paste and a catalyzer containing lead dioxide. The high toxicity of lead to humans is ground for much concern, since it can attack various systems and organs. The present study involved a quantitative analysis of the concentration of lead in the material Permlastic®. The lead was determined by plasma-induced optical emission spectrometry (Varian model Vista). The percentages of lead found in the two analyzed lots were 38.1 and 40.8%. The lead concentrations in the material under study were high, but the product’s packaging contained no information about these concentrations.

The oral rehabilitation of the patients toothless totals presents large difficulties, because diverse factors act limiting the treatment with complete dentures conventional, as severe reabsorption of the alveolar process, generating for the phonetic patient difficulties and of mastication, annoyance, retention lack and stability of the prosthesis. With the emergence of you implant them osseointegratin idealized by Profº Branemark, these aspects were improved by means of the possibility of new treatment options, as the overdentures tissue-implant-supported. However, the protocol of Branemark demanded a period of scaring from three to six months, owing the patients to await this time for the placement of the final prosthesis. This way, the surgical technique of immediate load was proposed to abbreviate this period, improving the transition phase, at the same time that it reduces the problems psychological associates. This way, the objective of the present study is to carry out a literature revision about the works that used overdentures comparing immediate and late load, the best alternative and factors wrapped in the success of the procedure discussing.

La rehabilitación oral de los pacientes desdentados totales presenta grandes dificultades, pues diversos factores actúan limitando el tratamiento con prótesis totales convencionales como la severa reabsorción del proceso alveolar, que genera para los pacientes dificultades fonéticas y de masticación, incomodidad, falta de retención y estabilidad de las prótesis. Con el surgimiento de los implantes osteointegrados ideados por el Profesor Branemark, estos aspectos fueron mejorados, por la posibilidad de nuevas opciones de tratamiento como las sobredentaruras muco-implantosoportadas. Sin embargo, el protocolo de Branemark exigía un período de cicatrización de 3 a 6 meses, tiempo que los pacientes deben esperar para la colocación de la prótesis final. De esta forma, la técnica quirúrgica de carga inmediata fue propuesta para abreviar este período, mejorando la fase de transición, al mismo tiempo que reduce los problemas psicológicos asociados. El objetivo del presente estudio es realizar una revisión de literatura acerca de los trabajos que utilizaron sobredentaduras comparando carga inmediata y tardía, discutir la mejor alternativa, así como los factores envueltos en el éxito del procedimiento.

The study of techniques to reach aesthetics in the anterior region when using osseointegrated implants is of great importance. A literature review was made to compare effivciency and suitability of immediate provisionalization in re-opening of osseointegrated implants with respect to the set time (use of standardized cicatrizants and emergency profile cicatrizants). Immediate provisional denture in the phase of re-opening makes the restoration of the gingival contourn quicker when compared to the use of cicatrizants without intermediate phases required.

El estudio de las técnicas para alcamzar una estética en el seguimiento anterior cuando se utilizan implantes osteointegrados es de gran importancia. Se realizó una revisión de la literatura con el objetivo de comparar la eficiencia y conveniencia de la instalación de prótesis provisionales inmediatamente en la reapertura de los implantes osteointegrados en relación con el tiempo establecido (uso de cicatrizadores estandarizados y cicatrizadores con perfil de emergencia arbitrado). La prótesis provisional inmediata en la fase de reapertura propicia la restauración del contorno de la encía más rápidamente cuando se compara con el uso de cicatrizadores sin necesidad de fases intermediarias.