Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Additives to Resilient Liners: An in Vitro Pilot Study (Report‪)‬

Introduction Resilient liners are used to replace the fitting surface of the denture when patients cannot tolerate the hard denture base. High resilience of these materials helps in absorbing the impact energies of mastication and distributes them over a large area of tissues. They are used not only to reduce the mechanical abuse of the oral soft tissues but also to improve the comfort and masticatory function of the patient [1]. An ideal soft lining material exhibits good biocompatibility, permanent resilience, low water sorption, high dimensional stability, high bond strength to denture base, good color stability and resistance to microbial growth. Although several materials have been introduced for use as resilient liners, only self or heat curing varieties of plasticized acrylics and silicone soft liners are most widely used [2].