Take Pro Base Cold from Ivoclar, that is some tough dense stuff especially when you flask it and cold pack (leaving under the press). Also it's very color stable... Look at Candulor?
Their autoplast is extremely nice and is a standard on the other side of the big pond...
Can you cite any research to support strength or color stability?
Independant testing is a good place to start-
Independant meaning, someone not associated with the manufacturer in regards to grants or product affiliation.
I must admit that my post was anecdotal.. Totally based on my experience.. I have searched for studies on auto cure acrylic before and what I have been able to turn up was scant at best.. No argument here on the chains that accrue during process.... Fact is fact..
My experience; ProBase blew other self cured materials that I have used here in the lab completely out of the water.. Which drew me to the question of employing self cured materials with RPD with in smaller saddle areas, is this appropriate? Example areas with 1 to 2 teeth..
Only study found with ProBase Cold was this on shear bond..
Evaluation of shear bond strength of microwaveable acrylic resins in denture repair: a comparative study
Authors: George Mariatos, Maria Frangou, Gregory Polyzois, Triantafillos Papadopoulos
OBJECTIVE: Acrylic denture base fracture is a common mode of failure. Heat-cured, auto-polymerized, visible light-cured, and microwaveable acrylic resins have been used as repair materials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength of two microwaveable resins (Acron MC and Justi) and one auto-polymerizing acrylic resin (ProBase Cold) as denture repair materials as opposed to a heat-cured one using the non-flasking procedure after thermocycling and photoaging. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ninety cylindrical specimens were made using the Vertex Rapid Simplified heat-cured acrylic resin. Each repair acrylic resin was poured on the specimen's surface using a cylindrical rubber mold with an internal diameter of 8.5 mm. Thirty specimens for each repair material were made. The control group consisted of 10 specimens from each group which were stored in water for 24 h at 37 degrees C; another 10 specimens from each group were subjected to a thermocycling procedure (5-55 degrees C for 1,000 cycles),while the remaining 10 specimens were subjected to a photoaging procedure. Shear bond strength was measured on a universal testing machine and mode of bond failure was examined under a stereomicroscope. Two-way ANOVA and the Bonferroni post hoc test were performed to identify statistical differences at alpha = 0.05. RESULTS: Justi's shear bond values were significantly inferior to those of ProBase Cold (p 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: ProBase Cold and Acron MC exhibited similar shear bond values. Justi repair material exhibited inferior bond strength compared with that of ProBase Cold and Acron MC. Aging procedures did not affect the bonding properties of any of the repair materials. Acta odontologica Scandinavica. 01/09/2006; 64(4):244-8.
ISSN: 0001-6357
DOI: 10.1080/00016350600633318