Abstract
Aims of the Study: The current study aims to evaluate the effect
of some natural products (olive oil, thymus oil,and grap seed oil)
in relation to Protifex on disinfection of acrylic resin denture base
and tissue conditioning materials (Heat Cured and GC extra soft
denture liner). Materials and method: The total number of
samples were 30 specimens , their dimensions were
(10x10x2mm). 15 specimens were prepared from heat cured
acrylic resin and 15 were prepared from GC extrasoft tissue
conditioing material, for each group they were immersed for 8hrs
in these oils after they had been infected with Candida albicans
and incubated for 48hrs. This study compared antifungal
efficiency of distilled water (Negative Control), effervescent
Protifex tablet as a positive control, olive oil, thymus oil, and
grape seed oil. The statistical tests used were one way analysis of
variance test, Duncan multiple range test to compare the groups.
Results: The results demonstrated that there were significant
differences between all tested oils and D.W in relation to
antifungal activity at (P=0.05). Conclusions: All the tested natural
oils were effective as fungicidal agents and there is no significant
difference among them
