The role of residual monomer in PMMA powder and methods of polymerization in the finding of residual monomer in poly(methylmethacrylate) denture base.

The amount of residual monomer in methylmethacrylate resins used for denture bases is directly dependent on the polymerization procedure chosen. Residual monomer in PMMA powder has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of residual monomer in some PMMA powders used for denture bases.

[Gas-chromatographic determination of residual monomer in polymethylmethacrylate dental materials].

A gas-chromatographic method for fast and quantitative determination of residual monomer (methylmethacrylate, MMA) in the polymethylmethacrylate mixture obtained by mixing polymerized powder and monomer from two different manufacturers (Biocryl and Mayor) was established. The material was prepared in two different ways: by the so-called classic and by current procedures. Pulverized material was extracted by methanol and the content of free methylmethacrylate in the extract measured using a flame ionization detector on a 1.