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A semi-organic elastomer, polyphosphazine fluoroelastomer, has been compounded to make it bond to hard dental acrylic resins for use as a liner for removable dentures. The material retains its elastic properties indefinitely, resists swelling, can be machined and polished, and is opaque to X rays. It is cured in gypsum flasks against old or new denture bases using ordinary dental laboratory techniques at no more than boiling water conditions. The PNF material is undergoing a controlled clinical trial at the present time.
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Gettleman, L., Vargo, J.M., Gebert, P.H., Farris, C.L., LeBoeuf, R.J., Rawls, H.R. (1987). Polyphosphazine Fluoroelastomer (PNF) As a Permanent Soft Liner for Removable Dentures. In: Gebelein, C.G. (eds) Advances in Biomedical Polymers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1829-3_6
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