Title: DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF MONOMERIC ELUATES FROM POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) RESIN OF VARIOUS POLYMERISATION MODES
Page Range: p.553-560
Author(s): Amin W M
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 15
Issue No: No.7
Abstract
The leaching into water or artificial saliva of residual methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate monomers from poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) plates synthesised by different polymerisation methods, including auto-polymerisation, thermal polymerisation and microwave-assisted polymerisation, was investigated by HPLC coupled to a UV detector. The results are discussed in terms of methods of reducing possible health hazards resulting from leaching of residual monomers from PMMA denture bases. 47 refs.