STUDIES REGARDING THE WETTABILITY
OF ACRYLIC AND SILICONE DENTAL
MATERIALS
CRISTINA TEODORA PREOTEASA1, SULTAN ABDULLA NABIL1,
LĂCRĂMIOARA POPA2*, MIHAELA VIOLETA GHICA2,
ECATERINA IONESCU1, ANA MARIA CRISTINA ŢÂNCU1, ELENA
PREOTEASA1
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of
Dental Medicine, 19 Plevnei str., 010232 Bucharest, Romania
2University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of
Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia str., 020956 Bucharest, Romania
*corresponding author: lacramioara.popa@gmail.com
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Abstract:

The evaluation of the biomaterials by clinical and experimental tests represents an important and necessary aspect for the success of dental treatments and for obtaining a real biological integration, meaning optimal tolerance and functionality. The objective of this study was a comparative estimation of the wettability of the surface for several types of materials currently used in dentistry (soft and hard acrylic materials and silicone ones).
Seven commercial products were chosen and for each of them there were made 5 specimens, which were analyzed by the contact angle method. According to our results, the self-cured hard acrylic materials showed the smallest contact angle, followed by the soft acrylics, the heat-cured hard acrylic materials and the silicone materials. The characteristics of the materials from the point of view of their wettability can be an advantage, as well a disadvantage, accurate information related to the particular characteristics of each case being essential conditions when choosing the optimal therapeutic solution.

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