DENTURE
DENTURE RELINERS
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CONTENTS
 LONG TERM SOFT LINERS
 Available materials
 Indications
 Ideal requirements
 Plasticized acrylics
 Silicone liners
 Comparison of the two
 Visible light cured resin system
 HARD LINERS
 Chair side reliners
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 TREATMENT PROCEDURES
 CLINICAL
 LABORATORY
 PRINCIPAL PITFALLS
 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 CONCLUSION
 REFRENCES
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Long term soft liners
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LONG TERM LINERS:
LONG TERM LINERS:
 Also called as permanent soft liners
Also called as permanent soft liners
 These liners can be used for 1 year or longer
These liners can be used for 1 year or longer
 Increases patient tolerance for tissue pain associated
Increases patient tolerance for tissue pain associated
with hard resin denture base
with hard resin denture base
Long term soft liners
 Mainly used as therapeutic measure for pts who can’t tolerate stress
induced by dentures.
 In pts with sharp, thin, heavily resorbed ridges or with severe bony
undercuts.
 The liner permits wider dispersion of impact forces that are involved in
functional & parafunctional movements
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Materials available as permanent soft liners
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 Plasticized acrylics
 Heat activated
 Chemically activated
 Silicone soft liners
 Heat activated
 Room temperature vulcanization
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Indications of permanent liner
They are used to:
 Cushion sharp edged alveolar processes
 Cases of flabby ridge & insufficient adhesion
 Relieve pressure from pressure spots
 Dam the palatal vibrating line
 Support the healing process in implantology
Requirements of ideal long term soft liner.
 Biocompatible
 Simple to manipulate
 Good dimensional stability
 Low water sorption & water solubility
 Good wettability by saliva
 Permanent softness/viscoelasticity
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 Adequate abrasion resistance & tear
resistance
 Good bond to denture base
 Unaffected by aqueous environment &
cleansers, Easy to clean
 Color stability & good esthetics
 Inhibition of colonization by fungi and
other micro-organisms
Plasticized acrylics
Heat activated
 Supplied as preformed sheets or powder/liquid
form.
Powder
Higher methacrylate polymer (PEMA)
Benzoyl peroxide as initiator.
Liquid
Ethyl /n-butyl/2-ethoxy ethylene
methacrylate
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Plasticized acrylics - Heat activated.
E.g. :
 Lucitone 199
 Soft Oryl
 Coe-super soft
 Virnia
 Verno soft
 Palasiv 62.
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Plasticized acrylic - chemically activated
Composition similar to heat activated resins
but polymerized by peroxide-tertiary amine
system.
 Used as chair side reliner
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 Major drawback:
Foul odour
Tendency to debond from denture base
Presence of free monomer cause mucosal
irritations.
Advantage:
 High wear and abrasion resistance.
Disadvantage:
 Biodegradation in oral environment leading to rough surface that
promotes calculus and food accumulation, harbors m.o, color changes.
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Plasticized acrylics – Chemically activated
E.g:
 Flexacryl soft
 Acron MC
 Immediate (Lang dent)
Silicone soft liners
 Perhaps the most successful materials for liner
application have been silicones as they are not
dependent on leachable plasticizers therefore
retaining their elastic property for longer time
 Silicone liners are provided as heat activated
& room temperature vulcanization
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Silicone soft liners
Heat activated
Supplied as one component system i.e. paste
or gel consisting:
Poly (dimethyl siloxane)
Viscous liquid consisting of silica as filler
Benzoyl peroxide as initiator
Adhesives (silicone polymer dissolved in a
solvent or alkyl-silane coupling agent)
enhances bond between liner and acrylic
denture base.
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Silicone soft liners- Heat activated.
E.g:
 Molloplast –B
 Flexibase
 Simpa
 Cardex – Stabbon
 Primasoft
 Prolastic
 Silastic 382.
Room temperature vulcanized silicone(RTV)
 RTV silicones on the other hand, use a condensation cross linking process
catalyzed by an organo-tin compound
 Supplied as two component sysyem
 These materials achieve lower degree of cross linking than their heat
activated counterpart compromises many attributes as permanent liner
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E.g. :
GC reline-soft &
extra soft.
Luci-soft denture
liner system.
Silicone soft liners- Room temperature vulcanization
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 Mollosil
 Mollosil plus
 Soft line(kerr dental)
Advantages:
High resiliency and prolonged elasticity
Inert to body fluids
Odourless, tasteless, easily molded
Good dimensional stability.
Disadvantages:
Intrinsic inability to bond with denture base
resin
Porous nature harbors micro-organisms.
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PLASTICIZED ACRYLIC:
PLASTICIZED ACRYLIC: SILICONE RUBBER:
SILICONE RUBBER:
Less resilient
Less resilient Highly resilient
Highly resilient
Hardness by time(loss of
Hardness by time(loss of
plasticizer)
plasticizer)
Retains softness and elasticity
Retains softness and elasticity
Good durable bond with denture
Good durable bond with denture
base
base
Low bond strength to acrylic base
Low bond strength to acrylic base
More resistant to growth of
More resistant to growth of
candida albicans
candida albicans
More susceptible to growth of candida
More susceptible to growth of candida
albicans
albicans
Better abrasion resistance
Better abrasion resistance Low abrasion resistance
Low abrasion resistance
Reasonable resistance to damage
Reasonable resistance to damage
by denture cleanser
by denture cleanser
Less resistant to damage by cleansers
Less resistant to damage by cleansers
Acceptable tear strength
Acceptable tear strength Low tear strength
Low tear strength
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 Despite vast clinical benefits, both materials exhibit properties far short of
fulfilling requirements of an ideal permanent liner
 This fact has limited their life expectancy to a maximum of 1 year.
Disadvantages of permanent soft liner:
Disadvantages of permanent soft liner:
 In
In vinyl and acrylic resins
vinyl and acrylic resins plasticizer gradually leaches out thus making the
plasticizer gradually leaches out thus making the
material hard and changing their colour
material hard and changing their colour
 Silicone elastomers
Silicone elastomers adhere with difficulty to acrylic resin base, become bleached,
adhere with difficulty to acrylic resin base, become bleached,
stain easily, changes in dimensions & can be affected by candida albicans
stain easily, changes in dimensions & can be affected by candida albicans
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 Hydrophilic acrylic resins
Hydrophilic acrylic resins are not sufficiently soft, become discoloured
are not sufficiently soft, become discoloured
and tear easily
and tear easily
 Polyurethanes
Polyurethanes require special processing equipment ,difficult to process
require special processing equipment ,difficult to process
and discolour rapidly
and discolour rapidly
 Ethyl methacrylates
Ethyl methacrylates harden with time
harden with time
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Visible light cured resin system
 Triad material is similar to light-cured
composites but uses an organic rather than
inorganic filler.
JPD 1986;56:497-500.
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E.g:
Triad - DuaLine™ Dual
Cure Reline Material-
combines the accuracy of
self-cure and the strength
and dimensional stability of
light cure.
Triad - Hi-Flow Reline
Material
Triad - Reline Material
Triad - Resiline™
Reline Material
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 Composition : matrix of urethane
dimethacrylate & small amounts of micro fine
silica (controls rheology)
 The filler → acrylic resin beads of varying
sizes (forms part of an interpenetrating
polymer network structure when cured)
 Camphoroquinones-amine photo initiator.
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 The prepared denture base should be
wetted with heat-polymerizing
monomer to cause the surface layer to
swell for 2 to 4 minutes before the
bonding agent was applied to the dry,
swollen surface.
 The bonding agent is to be polymerized 2
minutes in the air and 2 minutes in the
curing unit.
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 The VLC resin is adapted to the denture with
care not to trap or incorporate air within the
material.
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 The reline material on the impression surface
and denture borders is polymerized by
directing the visible light (hand-held visible
light source ) on the polished surface of the
denture directly in the pts mouth.
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 Excess material trimmed away
 Additional material added at PPS and border areas
 Cure in unit for 10 min.
Advantages
 Accuracy of fit
 Color stability
 Ease of fabrication and manipulation
 Flows easily
 Sets in the mouth in minutes
 Dimensionally stable
 Methyl and Butyl Methacrylate monomer-free
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PROPERTIES OF SOFT LINERS
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Water sorption :
 when placed in water, plasticizers & other
components may leach out while water is absorbed
until equilibrium is achieved
 Absorbed water may have detrimental effect on
adhesion of liners to acrylic denture base,
particularly if diffusion rate is fast
 At 1st
week, water sorption will be from .03 to .40
mg/cm2
 A processed liner would have no soluble components
& low water sorption.
Biocompatibility:
 short as well as long term liners have significant amount of plasticizer that leach
considerably
 Phthalate esters have caused epithelial changes in vitro
 Potential premalignant changes are cause of concern as the amount of plasticizer
leaching out maybe bw 10 to 40 times more than environmental or food uptake
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HARD LINERS
Hard reline materials
 Auto polymerizing resins
 Used to provide chair side reline.
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CHAIR SIDE RELINERS(HARD SHORT TERM
LINER)
 These materials are used for relining resin dentures directly in the mouth
 They often contain low moleculer weight polymers,plasticizers or solvents to
increase their fluidity while seating the denture
 Some of them generate enough heat to injure oral tissues
 According to ADA Sp.17,peak temp.reached during curing should not be more than
75 c.
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 Their properties are inferior to laboratory processed acrylic resins.
 They have higher porosity and water sorption
 They tend to discolor, become foul smelling and may even separate from the
denture base
 Thus these materials have many disadvantages & are therefore considered as short
term materials.
Composition:
Powder –
Polymer (PMMA)
Initiator (benzoyl peroxide)
Pigments
Liquid –
Monomer (Methyl methacrylate)
Plasticizer (Butyl phthalate)
Chemical activator (tertiary amine)
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E.g. :
Ufigel hard (VOCO)
GC reline hard (GC corp)
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Flexyacryl hard (Lang dent)
Kooliner (GC corp)
 Manipulation:
 Powder and liquid mixed according manufacturers instructions
 Smear tissue with petroleum jelly
 Bonding agent applied to denture tissue surface
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 Applied to the fitting surface of denture when in fluid consistency.
 When rubbery taken out of mouth and bench cured
 Exothermic reaction so material taken out as soon as in rubbery stage
Problems:
Porous due to air inclusions while
mixing
Dentist has little control over
thickness of lining
Usually a increase in palatal
thickness observed.
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HEAT CURED ACRYLIC RESIN (HARD
LINER)
 New resin is cured against the old denture by
compression molding technique.
 A low curing tempreture is necessary for the relining
process to avoid distortion of the denture
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DISADVANTAGES:
There is a tendency for it to wrap toward the relined side due to:
1)diffusion of the monomer from the reliner before curing,and
2)Processing shrinkage of the liner
CARE AND MAINTAINANCE:
CARE AND MAINTAINANCE:
 Excellent oral and denture hygiene
Excellent oral and denture hygiene
 Antimicrobial agents to minimize
Antimicrobial agents to minimize
fungal/microbial colonization of liners
fungal/microbial colonization of liners
 Liner should be soaked daily for 15 minutes in a
Liner should be soaked daily for 15 minutes in a
benzalkonium chloride of 1:750 concentration
benzalkonium chloride of 1:750 concentration
 Liner should be wiped with cotton under cold
Liner should be wiped with cotton under cold
water
water
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TREATMENT PROCEDURES
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Treatment procedures
 Clinical Procedures:
Preliminary treatment
Impression procedures
 Lab Procedures
RELINING PROCEDURE
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Tissue
preparation
Denture
preparation
mandibular
Maxillary
LAB PROCEDURES FOR
RELINING
(Rudd and Morrow)
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 Relining
 Articular method
 Relining jig method
Preliminary
treatment (WINKLER)
 Tissue preparations
 Denture preparations
maxillary denture preparation
mandibular denture preparation
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JPD 1957;7:27-42
Tissue preparations
Render tissues in a healthy status
 Use of tissue conditioners for 1-2 weeks to
improve the mucosal health
 Advice the patient not to wear dentures for 1-2
wks (Soft tissue hypertrophy resolves)
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 Excessive hypertrophic tissue eliminated
with surgical intervention
 Dentures should not be worn during sleep
 Dentures should not be worn for at least 2 to 3 days prior to final
impression appointment
 Daily massage of the tissues helpful to stimulate blood supply.
 Instruct the pt to take arm saline gargle
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JPD 1957;7:27- 42.
Denture preparations
Maxillary denture
 Reduce the borders of approx 2mm below vestibular spaces and
frenum attachments.
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 Relieve the tissue side in all areas covering
stress bearing mucosa
 This is to allow room for the material.
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Provide escape holes
Incisive papillae region
Near ridge in molar area
Mid palatine raphe region
Mandibular denture
 Relieve any over extensions
 Relieve tissue surface covering crest and slopes of ridge
 Provide escape holes only if there is pendulous or excessively
displaceable tissue.
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Reline techniques
(Boucher)
 Static impression technique
 Closed mouth tech.
 Open mouth tech.
 Functional impression technique
 Chair side technique.
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 Handle the maxillary denture first, allow an
adjustment period then proceed with mandibular
denture.
 Reason
Easier to stabilize mandibular denture against the
maxillary denture.
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Static impression technique
 Closed mouth technique
 Open mouth technique
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Closed mouth relining technique
(Winkler)
maxillary denture- technique A
,, B
,, C
,, D
Some prefer using existing centric relation record other prefer
making new record
mandibular denture- technique E
 Several methods have been described
 dentures used as impression trays
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Disadvantage:
Tissues not recorded in rest position
Pt can’t determine the degree of pressure
needed
If occlusal discrepancies are present,the
impression will not be accurate
In case of a premature tooth contact the pt will
shift the mandible to a comfortable position
thereby shifting the denture base.
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Functional Impression technique
 Simple and practical
 Routinely used
 Tissue conditioners used as functional impression
materials
 Excellent refit obtained.
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 Denture preparations done
 The borders should be adequately formed
 If inadequate mold with auto polymerizing resin since liners need proper
support to prevent slumping
 liner placed inside the denture
 The lining material should flow evenly to cover the whole impression
surface
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 If voids are present fresh layer of liner
material is added
 Excess material trimmed away with hot
scalpel.
 Check after 2-3 days for denuded areas
 These are pressure spots, relieve and apply
a fresh thin coat of tissue conditioner.
 New tissue liners cannot be used for final impression because:
 Dental stone’s or materials own weight deforms the impression when in
plastic stage.
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Chair side technique
 Chemically cured plasticized acrylics, RTV
silicones, hard acrylics, VLC resins.
 Added to denture and allowed to set in mouth
to provide instant reline.
Advantage:
 Pt need not go without dentures
Disadvantages:
 Materials produce chemical burn on mucosa
 Result was often porous with bad odour
 Color stability poor
 In case the denture was not positioned properly material cannot be removed
easily to repeat the procedure.
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Principal pitfalls
 Problems Due to Improper Diagnosis
 Improper Preparation of the Soft Tissues
 Displacement or Loss of Orientation
 Occlusal Discrepancies
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 Problems Due to Improper Diagnosis
Relining when the lack of fit is NOT the only
problem
Attempting to increase the vertical dimension
too much
Relining for a loss of minor retention
 Improper Preparation of the Soft Tissues
 Relining over abused or inflamed tissue
results in rapid loss of retention
 So do not reline until all the abused tissue has
been recovered .
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 Displacement or Loss of Orientation
Using heavy biting pressure when making the
impression may cause displacement of the
denture
 This may be due to failure to position the
denture properly during the impression
procedure.
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 Occlusal Discrepancies
Remount procedures with new interocclusal
record followed by selective grinding is to be
done.
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Review of literature
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ON GOING RESEARCH IS ON :
ON GOING RESEARCH IS ON :
Improving strength
Improving strength
Permanent resiliency
Permanent resiliency
Improved adhesion to denture base
Improved adhesion to denture base
Ability to inhibit growth of
Ability to inhibit growth of
microbes
microbes
Chemical stability
Chemical stability
 A study by Han-Kuang Tan was conducted to
compare color, texture, and Shore A hardness of a
resilient silicone denture liners with after treatment
with perborate, persulfate, or hypochlorite-
containing denture cleansers at 25°C or 55°C.
 results:.
 Roughened specimens treated at 55°C with
perborate-containing cleansers exhibited
significantly greater color loss than those treated
with the persulfate-containing cleanser.
 With roughened surfaces, significantly greater
hardness was found with some perborate-
containing cleanser compared with a hypochlorite-
containing cleanser after treatment at 25°C.
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 A study was conducted by H. MURATA, T. HAMADA,
HARSHINI, K. TOKI & H. NIKAWA to evaluate the effect
of addition of ethyl alcohol on the gelation & viscoelastic
properties of tissue conditioners and to compare the
effect of ethyl alcohal with that of the powder/liquid
(P/L) ratio & it was concluded that:
 Addition of greater amounts of ethyl alcohal produced
the shorter gelation time and the larger flow after
gelation.
 Conversely, although the use of a higher P/L ratio
produced a shorter gelation time, this procedure leads
to a smaller flow after gelation.
 The results suggested that the addition of ethyl
alcohal to the liquids of tissue conditioners is an
effective method for controlling gelation times and
viscoelastic properties after gelation. 86
 H. MURATA, M. KAWAMURA, T. HAMADA studied the dimensional stability of tissue
conditioners which characterizes the ability of the materials to yield accurate
functional impressions of oral mucosa.
 This study evaluated the linear dimensional changes with time of six tissue
conditioners (COE Comfort, FITT, GC Soft-Liner, Hydro-Cast, SR-Ivoseal and Visco-
Gel)
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 The percentage changes in dimension and weight in water storage were measured
at 2 (baseline), 8 and 24 h, and 2, 4, 7, 14 and 21 days after specimen preparation.
 The results suggested that the period recommended for forming functional
impressions would be 24 h after insertion in the mouth.
 A study by HAYAKAWA etal. to clinically evaluate fluoroethylene copolymer liners
in comparison to acrylic & silicone liners suggested that:
 fluoroethylene copolymer liners exhibit lesser water absorption & higher bond
strength as compared to silicone liners as well as plasticized acrylic liners
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 A study by D.M. QUIN on two recent antifungal agents, miconazole & ketaconazole
which were combined with tissue conditioners & tested in vitro:
 miconazole & ketaconazole were as effective as nystatin in completely
inhibiting the growth of candida
 Ineffectiveness of amphotericin b when combined with tissue conditioners as
antifungal was confirmed.
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Conclusion
 Attention and care in the construction of complete
dentures can minimize adverse changes in the supporting
tissues and in associated facial structures, but it cannot
preclude them.
 Thus the need for “servicing” complete dentures to keep
pace with the changing surrounding and supporting
tissue is mandatory.
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To Conclude…
 The use of resilient liners in the prevention & treatment of chronic
tissue irritation from dentures is an excellent alternative to the use of
hard resins.
 Wider applications will be found in the near future once the present
shortcomings of the available material are overcomed.
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DENTURE Recliners in prosthodontic dentistry

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  • 2.
    CONTENTS  LONG TERMSOFT LINERS  Available materials  Indications  Ideal requirements  Plasticized acrylics  Silicone liners  Comparison of the two  Visible light cured resin system  HARD LINERS  Chair side reliners 2
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    3  TREATMENT PROCEDURES CLINICAL  LABORATORY  PRINCIPAL PITFALLS  REVIEW OF LITERATURE  CONCLUSION  REFRENCES
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    5 LONG TERM LINERS: LONGTERM LINERS:  Also called as permanent soft liners Also called as permanent soft liners  These liners can be used for 1 year or longer These liners can be used for 1 year or longer  Increases patient tolerance for tissue pain associated Increases patient tolerance for tissue pain associated with hard resin denture base with hard resin denture base
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    Long term softliners  Mainly used as therapeutic measure for pts who can’t tolerate stress induced by dentures.  In pts with sharp, thin, heavily resorbed ridges or with severe bony undercuts.  The liner permits wider dispersion of impact forces that are involved in functional & parafunctional movements 6
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    7 Materials available aspermanent soft liners
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     Plasticized acrylics Heat activated  Chemically activated  Silicone soft liners  Heat activated  Room temperature vulcanization 9
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    10 Indications of permanentliner They are used to:  Cushion sharp edged alveolar processes  Cases of flabby ridge & insufficient adhesion  Relieve pressure from pressure spots  Dam the palatal vibrating line  Support the healing process in implantology
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    Requirements of ideallong term soft liner.  Biocompatible  Simple to manipulate  Good dimensional stability  Low water sorption & water solubility  Good wettability by saliva  Permanent softness/viscoelasticity 11
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    12  Adequate abrasionresistance & tear resistance  Good bond to denture base  Unaffected by aqueous environment & cleansers, Easy to clean  Color stability & good esthetics  Inhibition of colonization by fungi and other micro-organisms
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    Plasticized acrylics Heat activated Supplied as preformed sheets or powder/liquid form. Powder Higher methacrylate polymer (PEMA) Benzoyl peroxide as initiator. Liquid Ethyl /n-butyl/2-ethoxy ethylene methacrylate 13
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    Plasticized acrylics -Heat activated. E.g. :  Lucitone 199  Soft Oryl  Coe-super soft  Virnia  Verno soft  Palasiv 62. 14
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    Plasticized acrylic -chemically activated Composition similar to heat activated resins but polymerized by peroxide-tertiary amine system.  Used as chair side reliner 15
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    16  Major drawback: Foulodour Tendency to debond from denture base Presence of free monomer cause mucosal irritations.
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    Advantage:  High wearand abrasion resistance. Disadvantage:  Biodegradation in oral environment leading to rough surface that promotes calculus and food accumulation, harbors m.o, color changes. 17
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    18 Plasticized acrylics –Chemically activated E.g:  Flexacryl soft  Acron MC  Immediate (Lang dent)
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    Silicone soft liners Perhaps the most successful materials for liner application have been silicones as they are not dependent on leachable plasticizers therefore retaining their elastic property for longer time  Silicone liners are provided as heat activated & room temperature vulcanization 19
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    Silicone soft liners Heatactivated Supplied as one component system i.e. paste or gel consisting: Poly (dimethyl siloxane) Viscous liquid consisting of silica as filler Benzoyl peroxide as initiator Adhesives (silicone polymer dissolved in a solvent or alkyl-silane coupling agent) enhances bond between liner and acrylic denture base. 20
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    Silicone soft liners-Heat activated. E.g:  Molloplast –B  Flexibase  Simpa  Cardex – Stabbon  Primasoft  Prolastic  Silastic 382.
  • 22.
    Room temperature vulcanizedsilicone(RTV)  RTV silicones on the other hand, use a condensation cross linking process catalyzed by an organo-tin compound  Supplied as two component sysyem  These materials achieve lower degree of cross linking than their heat activated counterpart compromises many attributes as permanent liner 22
  • 23.
    23 E.g. : GC reline-soft& extra soft. Luci-soft denture liner system. Silicone soft liners- Room temperature vulcanization
  • 24.
    24  Mollosil  Mollosilplus  Soft line(kerr dental)
  • 25.
    Advantages: High resiliency andprolonged elasticity Inert to body fluids Odourless, tasteless, easily molded Good dimensional stability. Disadvantages: Intrinsic inability to bond with denture base resin Porous nature harbors micro-organisms. 25
  • 26.
    PLASTICIZED ACRYLIC: PLASTICIZED ACRYLIC:SILICONE RUBBER: SILICONE RUBBER: Less resilient Less resilient Highly resilient Highly resilient Hardness by time(loss of Hardness by time(loss of plasticizer) plasticizer) Retains softness and elasticity Retains softness and elasticity Good durable bond with denture Good durable bond with denture base base Low bond strength to acrylic base Low bond strength to acrylic base More resistant to growth of More resistant to growth of candida albicans candida albicans More susceptible to growth of candida More susceptible to growth of candida albicans albicans Better abrasion resistance Better abrasion resistance Low abrasion resistance Low abrasion resistance Reasonable resistance to damage Reasonable resistance to damage by denture cleanser by denture cleanser Less resistant to damage by cleansers Less resistant to damage by cleansers Acceptable tear strength Acceptable tear strength Low tear strength Low tear strength 26
  • 27.
    27  Despite vastclinical benefits, both materials exhibit properties far short of fulfilling requirements of an ideal permanent liner  This fact has limited their life expectancy to a maximum of 1 year.
  • 28.
    Disadvantages of permanentsoft liner: Disadvantages of permanent soft liner:  In In vinyl and acrylic resins vinyl and acrylic resins plasticizer gradually leaches out thus making the plasticizer gradually leaches out thus making the material hard and changing their colour material hard and changing their colour  Silicone elastomers Silicone elastomers adhere with difficulty to acrylic resin base, become bleached, adhere with difficulty to acrylic resin base, become bleached, stain easily, changes in dimensions & can be affected by candida albicans stain easily, changes in dimensions & can be affected by candida albicans 28
  • 29.
     Hydrophilic acrylicresins Hydrophilic acrylic resins are not sufficiently soft, become discoloured are not sufficiently soft, become discoloured and tear easily and tear easily  Polyurethanes Polyurethanes require special processing equipment ,difficult to process require special processing equipment ,difficult to process and discolour rapidly and discolour rapidly  Ethyl methacrylates Ethyl methacrylates harden with time harden with time 29
  • 30.
    30 Visible light curedresin system  Triad material is similar to light-cured composites but uses an organic rather than inorganic filler. JPD 1986;56:497-500.
  • 31.
    31 E.g: Triad - DuaLine™Dual Cure Reline Material- combines the accuracy of self-cure and the strength and dimensional stability of light cure. Triad - Hi-Flow Reline Material Triad - Reline Material Triad - Resiline™ Reline Material
  • 32.
    32  Composition :matrix of urethane dimethacrylate & small amounts of micro fine silica (controls rheology)  The filler → acrylic resin beads of varying sizes (forms part of an interpenetrating polymer network structure when cured)  Camphoroquinones-amine photo initiator.
  • 33.
    33  The prepareddenture base should be wetted with heat-polymerizing monomer to cause the surface layer to swell for 2 to 4 minutes before the bonding agent was applied to the dry, swollen surface.
  • 34.
     The bondingagent is to be polymerized 2 minutes in the air and 2 minutes in the curing unit.
  • 35.
    35  The VLCresin is adapted to the denture with care not to trap or incorporate air within the material.
  • 36.
    36  The relinematerial on the impression surface and denture borders is polymerized by directing the visible light (hand-held visible light source ) on the polished surface of the denture directly in the pts mouth.
  • 37.
    37  Excess materialtrimmed away  Additional material added at PPS and border areas  Cure in unit for 10 min.
  • 38.
    Advantages  Accuracy offit  Color stability  Ease of fabrication and manipulation  Flows easily  Sets in the mouth in minutes  Dimensionally stable  Methyl and Butyl Methacrylate monomer-free 38
  • 39.
  • 40.
    40 Water sorption : when placed in water, plasticizers & other components may leach out while water is absorbed until equilibrium is achieved  Absorbed water may have detrimental effect on adhesion of liners to acrylic denture base, particularly if diffusion rate is fast  At 1st week, water sorption will be from .03 to .40 mg/cm2  A processed liner would have no soluble components & low water sorption.
  • 41.
    Biocompatibility:  short aswell as long term liners have significant amount of plasticizer that leach considerably  Phthalate esters have caused epithelial changes in vitro  Potential premalignant changes are cause of concern as the amount of plasticizer leaching out maybe bw 10 to 40 times more than environmental or food uptake 41
  • 42.
  • 43.
    Hard reline materials Auto polymerizing resins  Used to provide chair side reline. 43
  • 44.
    CHAIR SIDE RELINERS(HARDSHORT TERM LINER)  These materials are used for relining resin dentures directly in the mouth  They often contain low moleculer weight polymers,plasticizers or solvents to increase their fluidity while seating the denture  Some of them generate enough heat to injure oral tissues  According to ADA Sp.17,peak temp.reached during curing should not be more than 75 c. 44
  • 45.
    45  Their propertiesare inferior to laboratory processed acrylic resins.  They have higher porosity and water sorption  They tend to discolor, become foul smelling and may even separate from the denture base  Thus these materials have many disadvantages & are therefore considered as short term materials.
  • 46.
    Composition: Powder – Polymer (PMMA) Initiator(benzoyl peroxide) Pigments Liquid – Monomer (Methyl methacrylate) Plasticizer (Butyl phthalate) Chemical activator (tertiary amine) 46
  • 47.
    E.g. : Ufigel hard(VOCO) GC reline hard (GC corp) 47
  • 48.
    48 Flexyacryl hard (Langdent) Kooliner (GC corp)
  • 49.
     Manipulation:  Powderand liquid mixed according manufacturers instructions  Smear tissue with petroleum jelly  Bonding agent applied to denture tissue surface 49
  • 50.
    50  Applied tothe fitting surface of denture when in fluid consistency.  When rubbery taken out of mouth and bench cured  Exothermic reaction so material taken out as soon as in rubbery stage
  • 51.
    Problems: Porous due toair inclusions while mixing Dentist has little control over thickness of lining Usually a increase in palatal thickness observed. 51
  • 52.
    HEAT CURED ACRYLICRESIN (HARD LINER)  New resin is cured against the old denture by compression molding technique.  A low curing tempreture is necessary for the relining process to avoid distortion of the denture 52
  • 53.
    53 DISADVANTAGES: There is atendency for it to wrap toward the relined side due to: 1)diffusion of the monomer from the reliner before curing,and 2)Processing shrinkage of the liner
  • 54.
    CARE AND MAINTAINANCE: CAREAND MAINTAINANCE:  Excellent oral and denture hygiene Excellent oral and denture hygiene  Antimicrobial agents to minimize Antimicrobial agents to minimize fungal/microbial colonization of liners fungal/microbial colonization of liners  Liner should be soaked daily for 15 minutes in a Liner should be soaked daily for 15 minutes in a benzalkonium chloride of 1:750 concentration benzalkonium chloride of 1:750 concentration  Liner should be wiped with cotton under cold Liner should be wiped with cotton under cold water water 54
  • 55.
  • 56.
    56 Treatment procedures  ClinicalProcedures: Preliminary treatment Impression procedures  Lab Procedures
  • 57.
  • 58.
    LAB PROCEDURES FOR RELINING (Ruddand Morrow) 58  Relining  Articular method  Relining jig method
  • 59.
    Preliminary treatment (WINKLER)  Tissuepreparations  Denture preparations maxillary denture preparation mandibular denture preparation 59 JPD 1957;7:27-42
  • 60.
    Tissue preparations Render tissuesin a healthy status  Use of tissue conditioners for 1-2 weeks to improve the mucosal health  Advice the patient not to wear dentures for 1-2 wks (Soft tissue hypertrophy resolves) 60
  • 61.
     Excessive hypertrophictissue eliminated with surgical intervention  Dentures should not be worn during sleep  Dentures should not be worn for at least 2 to 3 days prior to final impression appointment  Daily massage of the tissues helpful to stimulate blood supply.  Instruct the pt to take arm saline gargle 61 JPD 1957;7:27- 42.
  • 62.
    Denture preparations Maxillary denture Reduce the borders of approx 2mm below vestibular spaces and frenum attachments. 62
  • 63.
    63  Relieve thetissue side in all areas covering stress bearing mucosa  This is to allow room for the material.
  • 64.
    64 Provide escape holes Incisivepapillae region Near ridge in molar area Mid palatine raphe region
  • 65.
    Mandibular denture  Relieveany over extensions  Relieve tissue surface covering crest and slopes of ridge  Provide escape holes only if there is pendulous or excessively displaceable tissue. 65
  • 66.
    Reline techniques (Boucher)  Staticimpression technique  Closed mouth tech.  Open mouth tech.  Functional impression technique  Chair side technique. 66
  • 67.
     Handle themaxillary denture first, allow an adjustment period then proceed with mandibular denture.  Reason Easier to stabilize mandibular denture against the maxillary denture. 67
  • 68.
    Static impression technique Closed mouth technique  Open mouth technique 68
  • 69.
    Closed mouth reliningtechnique (Winkler) maxillary denture- technique A ,, B ,, C ,, D Some prefer using existing centric relation record other prefer making new record mandibular denture- technique E  Several methods have been described  dentures used as impression trays 69
  • 70.
    Disadvantage: Tissues not recordedin rest position Pt can’t determine the degree of pressure needed If occlusal discrepancies are present,the impression will not be accurate In case of a premature tooth contact the pt will shift the mandible to a comfortable position thereby shifting the denture base. 70
  • 71.
    Functional Impression technique Simple and practical  Routinely used  Tissue conditioners used as functional impression materials  Excellent refit obtained. 71
  • 72.
     Denture preparationsdone  The borders should be adequately formed  If inadequate mold with auto polymerizing resin since liners need proper support to prevent slumping  liner placed inside the denture  The lining material should flow evenly to cover the whole impression surface 72
  • 73.
     If voidsare present fresh layer of liner material is added  Excess material trimmed away with hot scalpel.
  • 74.
     Check after2-3 days for denuded areas  These are pressure spots, relieve and apply a fresh thin coat of tissue conditioner.
  • 75.
     New tissueliners cannot be used for final impression because:  Dental stone’s or materials own weight deforms the impression when in plastic stage. 75
  • 76.
    76 Chair side technique Chemically cured plasticized acrylics, RTV silicones, hard acrylics, VLC resins.  Added to denture and allowed to set in mouth to provide instant reline.
  • 77.
    Advantage:  Pt neednot go without dentures Disadvantages:  Materials produce chemical burn on mucosa  Result was often porous with bad odour  Color stability poor  In case the denture was not positioned properly material cannot be removed easily to repeat the procedure. 77
  • 78.
    Principal pitfalls  ProblemsDue to Improper Diagnosis  Improper Preparation of the Soft Tissues  Displacement or Loss of Orientation  Occlusal Discrepancies 78
  • 79.
    79  Problems Dueto Improper Diagnosis Relining when the lack of fit is NOT the only problem Attempting to increase the vertical dimension too much Relining for a loss of minor retention
  • 80.
     Improper Preparationof the Soft Tissues  Relining over abused or inflamed tissue results in rapid loss of retention  So do not reline until all the abused tissue has been recovered . 80
  • 81.
     Displacement orLoss of Orientation Using heavy biting pressure when making the impression may cause displacement of the denture  This may be due to failure to position the denture properly during the impression procedure. 81
  • 82.
     Occlusal Discrepancies Remountprocedures with new interocclusal record followed by selective grinding is to be done. 82
  • 83.
  • 84.
    84 ON GOING RESEARCHIS ON : ON GOING RESEARCH IS ON : Improving strength Improving strength Permanent resiliency Permanent resiliency Improved adhesion to denture base Improved adhesion to denture base Ability to inhibit growth of Ability to inhibit growth of microbes microbes Chemical stability Chemical stability
  • 85.
     A studyby Han-Kuang Tan was conducted to compare color, texture, and Shore A hardness of a resilient silicone denture liners with after treatment with perborate, persulfate, or hypochlorite- containing denture cleansers at 25°C or 55°C.  results:.  Roughened specimens treated at 55°C with perborate-containing cleansers exhibited significantly greater color loss than those treated with the persulfate-containing cleanser.  With roughened surfaces, significantly greater hardness was found with some perborate- containing cleanser compared with a hypochlorite- containing cleanser after treatment at 25°C. 85
  • 86.
     A studywas conducted by H. MURATA, T. HAMADA, HARSHINI, K. TOKI & H. NIKAWA to evaluate the effect of addition of ethyl alcohol on the gelation & viscoelastic properties of tissue conditioners and to compare the effect of ethyl alcohal with that of the powder/liquid (P/L) ratio & it was concluded that:  Addition of greater amounts of ethyl alcohal produced the shorter gelation time and the larger flow after gelation.  Conversely, although the use of a higher P/L ratio produced a shorter gelation time, this procedure leads to a smaller flow after gelation.  The results suggested that the addition of ethyl alcohal to the liquids of tissue conditioners is an effective method for controlling gelation times and viscoelastic properties after gelation. 86
  • 87.
     H. MURATA,M. KAWAMURA, T. HAMADA studied the dimensional stability of tissue conditioners which characterizes the ability of the materials to yield accurate functional impressions of oral mucosa.  This study evaluated the linear dimensional changes with time of six tissue conditioners (COE Comfort, FITT, GC Soft-Liner, Hydro-Cast, SR-Ivoseal and Visco- Gel) 87
  • 88.
    88  The percentagechanges in dimension and weight in water storage were measured at 2 (baseline), 8 and 24 h, and 2, 4, 7, 14 and 21 days after specimen preparation.  The results suggested that the period recommended for forming functional impressions would be 24 h after insertion in the mouth.
  • 89.
     A studyby HAYAKAWA etal. to clinically evaluate fluoroethylene copolymer liners in comparison to acrylic & silicone liners suggested that:  fluoroethylene copolymer liners exhibit lesser water absorption & higher bond strength as compared to silicone liners as well as plasticized acrylic liners 89
  • 90.
     A studyby D.M. QUIN on two recent antifungal agents, miconazole & ketaconazole which were combined with tissue conditioners & tested in vitro:  miconazole & ketaconazole were as effective as nystatin in completely inhibiting the growth of candida  Ineffectiveness of amphotericin b when combined with tissue conditioners as antifungal was confirmed. 90
  • 91.
    Conclusion  Attention andcare in the construction of complete dentures can minimize adverse changes in the supporting tissues and in associated facial structures, but it cannot preclude them.  Thus the need for “servicing” complete dentures to keep pace with the changing surrounding and supporting tissue is mandatory. 91
  • 92.
    To Conclude…  Theuse of resilient liners in the prevention & treatment of chronic tissue irritation from dentures is an excellent alternative to the use of hard resins.  Wider applications will be found in the near future once the present shortcomings of the available material are overcomed. 92
  • 93.
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  • 94.
    6. Effect ofresilient liners in removable partial dentures on stress distribution; Aydinlik E, Akay HU;J prost dent 1980:44(1);17-20. 7. Soft liners of fluoroethylene copolymer & its clinical evaluation; Iwao Hayakawa, Makoto Kawae, Yoshiyuki Tsuji, Eiichi Masuhara;J prost dent 1984:mar;51(3);310-313 8. Effect of addition of ethyl alcohol on gelation and viscoelasticity of tissue conditioners ; Murata H, Hamada T, Harshini, Toki K, Nikawa H; Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2001 28; 48–54 9. Effect of Denture Cleansers, Surface Finish, and Temperature on Molloplast B Resilient Liner Color, Hardness, and Texture; Tan H, Woo A, Kim S, Lamoureux M, Grace M,J Prosthod 2000:sep.9(3);148-155. 94
  • 95.
    10. Dimensional stabilityand weight changes of tissue conditioners; Murata H, Kawamura M, Hamada T, Saleh S, Kresnoadi U, Toki K; Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2001,oct. 28(10); 918-923 11. Effectiveness of miconazole & ketaconazole combined with tissue conditioners in inhibiting the growth of ; Quinn DM;Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 1985:mar;12(2);177-182 95
  • 96.