Addition of Plant Oil Extracts to a Soft Lining Material : Evaluation of Addition of Plant Fixed Oil Extracts as Antifungal on Some Properties of a Heat Cured Soft Lining material

Loss of softness, increase hardness and colonization of acrylic soft liner denture base material by C. Albicans are significantly inevitable clinical problems, therefore enhancement of the softness and giving an anti-fungal activity to a soft liner material to lengthen the life span of it, is strongly recommended. This study was conducted to evaluate the addition of plant fixed oil extracts ( flax and /or Rosemary ) as anti-fungal on some properties of a soft lining material.