Currently, the most widely used denture-base material, poly(methyl methacrylate), a polymer, does not efficiently bind natural antimicrobial cationic proteins secreted in saliva as part of the pellicle surface (a thin layer of salivary glycoproteins and immunoglobulins, including mucins, amylase, and secretory IgA, deposited on teeth and other oral cavity surfaces). These antimicrobial peptides...

PURPOSE Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) has been widely used as a denture-base acrylic resin due to its excellent physical and mechanical properties. However, the material is highly prone to microbial fouling that often leads to Candida-associated denture stomatitis. Incorporation of phosphate groups into PMMA could facilitate adsorption of salivary antimicrobials and inhibit microbial adheren...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the differences in impact on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among complete denture wearers depending on their socio-demographic characteristics, prosthetic-related factors and oral status. STUDY DESIGN 51 patients aged 50-90 years treated, from 2005 to 2010, with at least one complete denture at the Department of Buccofacial Prostheses of the Complutens...

CONTEXT Researchers have concentrated their focus on denture wearer's attitude and practice toward denture cleansing despite the fact that they should be more focused on the attitudes of the dentists' themselves towards patient education at the time of denture delivery. It is an obligation of every dentist to motivate, instruct and provide the means and methods of plaque control for their patie...

Fungi belonging to Candida genus, especially C. albicans play an important role in microflora of oral cavity. Microbial colonisation process taking place within oral cavity is inseparably related to formation of multispecies biofilm, i.e. dental and denture plaque. A mature fungal biofilm is a heterogeneous three-dimensional dense conglomeration of mixture of different morphological forms: blas...

Denture stomatitis is a disease involving C. albicans, which can affect elderly and immuno-compromised people. To avoid any recurrence of this pathology, it necessary to treat patients regularly disinfect dentures. However, the denture cleansers’ efficacy not optimal often leads adverse color effects on base resins. The aim study was investigate low-pressure non-thermal O2 plasma (NTP) treatmen...

Objectives: Candida-related denture stomatitis (C-RDS), is the most frequent form of oral candidiasis, being detected in approximately 50%-65% denture-wearing patients. Candida albicans has been shown to be principal species responsible for inflammatory pathology. dubliniensis, first described Dublin 1995, was found very similar C. terms phenotypic features and type lesion it causes. It necessa...

OBJECTIVES This cluster-randomised controlled trial assessed whether oral health care education (OHCE) for nursing home caregivers would achieve improvements in clients' oral health. METHODS Twenty-two nursing homes were randomly allocated to intervention or control group. Clients were examined at baseline and at follow-up visits 1- and 6-months after caregivers received OHCE. Main outcome me...