Bar and Ball Joint Overdentures Surface Roughness and Microbial Adherence

Adherence mold and yeast and mesophyll aerobe to BOD and BJOD Microbial populations have been controlled in the saliva at initial time and adherence at 30 - 180 days after the overdentures in the mouth. The saliva sample was obtained from the patient in a sterile sputum collection bottle through a sterile solution. The overdenture samples were extracted and processed for analysis. Each sample was submerged in ¼ sterile Ringer and subjected to vigorous ultrasound shaking. From each of the microbial suspensions, successive dilutions were made to determine the total number of viable microorganisms present. Total count of mold and yeast and total count of mesophyll aerobe were performed.

The surface roughness of BOD and BJOD was determined with the rugosimeter the Mitutoyo Surfest SJ-301® (Mitutoyo Corporation Inc., Kanagawa, Japan), through a displacement force of 4mN and of the tray to 0.5 mm/s and back to 1 mm/s (Murtra and Arcís,1999). The roughness profile Ra was evaluated and determined in microns (ųm) through five readings for each of the samples in the study respectively.