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ArticleInternational journal of dentistry2026

Antibacterial Properties of Quercetin-Curcumin-Modified PMMA Denture Base Resin for Oral Surgical Site Applications: An In Vitro Study.

Anjali Varghese, Aindrias Ryan, Abdurahman Salem, Chibuzo Nlemorisa

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Article in International journal of dentistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anjali VargheseDepartment of Dental Technology, Queens Dental Sciences Centre, University of Greater Manchester, Bolton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1596-4027
Aindrias RyanDepartment of Microbiology, Centre for Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Greater Manchester, Bolton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-7642
Abdurahman SalemDepartment of Dental Technology, Queens Dental Sciences Centre, University of Greater Manchester, Bolton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8951
Chibuzo NlemorisaDepartment of Dental Technology, Queens Dental Sciences Centre, University of Greater Manchester, Bolton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5899-0310

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a significant complication following oral and maxillofacial surgeries, largely due to bacterial adhesion on prosthetic materials, causing infections and delayed wound healing. Quercetin and Curcumin which are natural polyphenols have been reported to possess antioxidant and antibacterial potentials. This study investigated the antibacterial effects of incorporating a quercetin-curcumin (QC) complex into heat-cured polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) resins against

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antibacterial activitycurcumindental biomaterialsoral surgical site infectionPMMA resinquercetin

Identifiers

PMID41993051
PMCPMC13082580

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