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R M Taft

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PubMed2001

Practical application of polyurethane and Velcro in maxillofacial prosthetics.

A procedure is described for the fabrication of an extraoral prosthesis with an acrylic resin substructure that retains a magnet sealed from the environment by a polyurethane liner. Velcro is used to enhance the bond of the acrylic substructure to the silicone prosthesis. This procedure results in improved retention of the acrylic resin substructure and protection of the magnet with an encapsulating polyurethane liner.

Acrylic Resins↗
PubMed2001

Assisted retention of a hearing device in an implant-retained auricular prosthesis.

The use of bone-anchored hearing aids is not possible for all patients who wear an implant-retained auricular prosthesis. For some patients, the external ear canal cannot be occluded with a conventional hearing device. Currently manufactured hearing aids may not readily fit the contours of an implant-retained auricular prosthesis. This article describes a technique that allows a modular hearing aid device to be inserted into a custom "sleeve." With this device, the patient can take advantage of binaural cues.

Acrylic Resins↗
PubMed1996

The effect of primers and surface characteristics on the adhesion-in-peel force of silicone elastomers bonded to resin materials.

Facial prostheses, when used in conjunction with craniofacial implants, require a retentive matrix to hold attachments and/or magnets. The retentive matrix is usually fabricated with autopolymerizing acrylic resin or a visible light-polymerized resin. The purpose of this study was to compare the adhesion-in-peel force of a silicone adhesive to autopolymerizing polymethyl methacrylate and light-polymerizing urethane dimethacrylate gel with two surface textures: (1) pumice polish only or (2) pumice polish and bead retention, and two surface primers: (1) Dow Corning 1205 primer or (2) Dow Corning S-2260 primer. The 1205 primer produced an adhesion-in-peel force that was statistically significantly stronger (p < 0.05) regardless of which type of resin or surface preparation was used.

Adhesiveness↗