PMID- 30792739 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200929 IS - 1687-8787 (Print) IS - 1687-8795 (Electronic) IS - 1687-8787 (Linking) VI - 2019 DP - 2019 TI - Behavior of PMMA Denture Base Materials Containing Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: A Literature Review. PG - 6190610 LID - 10.1155/2019/6190610 [doi] LID - 6190610 AB - Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO(2)NP) have gained interest in the dental field because of their multiple uses in addition to their antimicrobial effect. One of the applications in dentistry involves the incorporation into poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) resin. However, there is a lack of evidence on their effects on the behavior of the resulting nanocomposite. Therefore, the present review aims to screen literatures for data related to PMMA/TiO(2) nanocomposite to figure out the properties of TiO(2) nanoparticles, methods of addition, interaction with PMMA resin matrix, and finally the addition effects on the properties of introduced nanocomposite and evidence on its clinical performance. Regardless of the latest research progress of PMMA/TiO(2) nanocomposite, the questionable properties of final nanocomposite and the lack of long-term clinical evidence addressing their performance restrict their wide clinical use. A conclusive connection between nanoparticle size or addition method and nanocomposite properties could not be established. FAU - Gad, Mohammed M AU - Gad MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3193-2356 AD - Lecturer, Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31411, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Abualsaud, Reem AU - Abualsaud R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9435-582X AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31411, Saudi Arabia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190117 PL - United States TA - Int J Biomater JT - International journal of biomaterials JID - 101519099 PMC - PMC6354146 EDAT- 2019/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/23 06:01 PMCR- 2019/01/17 CRDT- 2019/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/12/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2019/6190610 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Biomater. 2019 Jan 17;2019:6190610. doi: 10.1155/2019/6190610. eCollection 2019.