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negatively charged surfaces 22 . These results suggest that the surface of materials<br />

used in removable complete and partial <strong>de</strong>nture could be modified by plasma<br />

treatment, preventing such surfaces to act as infection reservoirs. However,<br />

information on the adhesion of Candida albicans to glow-discharge modified<br />

acrylic <strong>de</strong>nture base polymers are scarce and only oxygen plasma treatment was<br />

evaluated 3 . Moreover, surface modification of <strong>de</strong>nture base resins by fluorine<br />

plasma treatment still remains to be investigated.<br />

The main purpose of the present in vitro study was to investigate the<br />

potential of different plasma treatments to modify a <strong>de</strong>nture base acrylic resin to<br />

reduce the Candida albicans adhesion. The effect of substrate surface roughness<br />

and saliva coating was also evaluated.<br />

Materials and Methods<br />

Preparation of Acrylic Resin Specimens<br />

The specimens (n=180) were fabricated from an acrylic resin <strong>de</strong>nture base<br />

material (Vipi Wave - VIPI Indústria e Comércio Exportação e Importação <strong>de</strong><br />

Produtos Odontológicos Ltda Pirassununga, SP, Brazil) using a conventional<br />

flasking and pressure-pack technique. Initially, a metal mold was used to make<br />

disk-shaped silicone patterns Zetaplus/Indurent - Zhermack, Badia Polesine,<br />

Rovigo, Italy) measuring 13.8 X 2 mm. Half of the silicone patterns were invested<br />

in the flaks directly in <strong>de</strong>ntal stone, while the other half of the patterns were<br />

sandwiched between two glass sli<strong>de</strong>s before investing. These two types of<br />

investing techniques were used to obtain rough and smooth specimens, thus<br />

mimicking the tissue-fitting surface and the outer surface of <strong>de</strong>ntures,

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