Characterization, mechanistic analysis and improving the properties of denture adhesives

Afsoon Fallahi; Nona Khadivi; Nima Roohpour; Andrew M Middleton; Mehdi Kazemzadeh-Narbat; Nasim Annabi; Ali Khademhosseini; Ali Tamayol

doi:10.1016/j.dental.2017.09.015

Characterization, mechanistic analysis and improving the properties of denture adhesives

Dent Mater. 2018 Jan;34(1):120-131. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2017.09.015. Epub 2017 Dec 6.

Authors

Afsoon Fallahi¹, Nona Khadivi², Nima Roohpour³, Andrew M Middleton³, Mehdi Kazemzadeh-Narbat², Nasim Annabi¹, Ali Khademhosseini⁴, Ali Tamayol⁵

Affiliations

¹ Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³ Consumer Healthcare R&D GSK, St. George's Ave., Weybridge KT13 0DE, UK.
⁴ Department of Bioengineering, Department of Radiology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600. Electronic address: khademh@ucla.edu.
⁵ Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Mechancial and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68508, USA. Electronic address: atamayol@unl.edu.

Abstract

Objective: Denture adhesives are widely used to avoid the detachment and sliding of dentures. However, the adhesion properties can be affected by variation in mouth conditions such as the level of salivation. The objective of this study was to understand the effect of environmental conditions on the adhesion properties of a commercially available denture adhesive named as Poligrip^® Free manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Ltd., UK and to identify the reasons for the observed variation in its adhesion strength.

Methods: The failure mechanisms of denture adhesive have been assessed through using different physical, mechanical and thermal characterization experiments. All methods were used in different pH, temperatures, and salivation conditions and at the end, a strategy was proposed to overcome the failure of the paste in hyposalivation as well.

Results: In vitro models mimicking the denture gingival interface were designed to evaluate the adhesion properties of the investigated adhesive. Changes in the adhesion strength in response to three major factors related to the oral conditions including level of salivation, pH, and temperature were measured. The results of lap shear, tensile test, and internal interactions suggested a cohesion failure, where the lowest adhesion strength was due to hyposalivation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and rheological analysis confirmed the importance of hydrogen bonds and hydration in the adhesion strength of the paste.

Significance: The investigated scenarios are widely observed in patient using denture adhesives and the clinical reports have indicated the inconsistency in adhesion strength of the commercial products. After identifying the potential reasons for such behavior, methods such as the addition of tripropylene glycol methyl ether (TPME) to enhance internal hydrogen bonds between the polymers are proposed to improve adhesion in the hyposalivation scenario.

Keywords: Adhesion mechanism; Cohesion; Denture adhesives; Hydrogen bonding; Lap shear; Saliva.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dental Cements / chemistry*
Denture Retention*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
In Vitro Techniques
Materials Testing
Salivation
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Surface Properties
Temperature
Tensile Strength

Substances

Dental Cements

Grants and funding

R21 AR070647/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States