TY - JOUR AU - Leite, Vanessa Maria Fagundes AU - Pinheiro, Juliana Barchelli AU - Pisani, Marina Xavier AU - Oliveira, Viviane de Cássia AU - Watanabe, Evandro AU - de Souza, Raphael Freitas AU - Paranhos, Helena de Freitas Oliveira AU - da Silva, Cláudia Helena Lovato PY - 2012/12/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - BIO059 Antimicrobial activity of an experimental dentifrice base Ricinus communis: for complete denture JF - Revista Eletrônica de Farmácia JA - Rev. Eletr. Farm. VL - 9 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - https://revistas.ufg.br/REF/article/view/21922 SP - 1 AB - Inadequate denture hygiene habits promote: the accumulation of biofilm on the surfaces of removable dentures. The biofilm consist in the main etiological factor of chronic atrophic candidiasis, disease that affects 25 to 65% of denture wearers. The use of a specific product for denture cleansing with the ability to remove biofilm and antimicrobial activity is needed since patients have difficulty in finding these products in the Brazilian market. ER -