The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the number of missing teeth (MT) and the statuses of oral environmental factors (the stimulated salivary flow rate, buffering capacity, and the counts of mutans streptococci, lactobacilli, and Candida) in the elderly. The subjects were 64 elderly subjects with fixed prostheses and 49 who wore removable partial dentures aged o...

The new resilient denture liner "M" was evaluated for adhesion, color stability, surface texture, tissue response, deterioration and denture base stability, at periods of 1 month, 3 months and about 30 months after denture liner application. At the observation of approximately 30 months, the usage of 17 dentures had been discontinued within 2 years, and 6 dentures continued to be used. It could...

For dento-oral rehabilitation of edentulous (toothless) patients, speech intelligibility is an important criterion. 28 persons read a standardized text once with and once without wearing complete dentures. Six experienced raters evaluated the intelligibility subjectively on a 5-point scale and the voice on the 4-point Roughness-Breathiness-Hoarseness (RBH) scales. Objective evaluation was perfo...

A total of 222 patients were studied. In a questionnaire patients graded their complete dentures of different age and quality, depending on the level of satisfaction, using the modified analogue-visual scale from 1 to 5. The dentist assessed the same dentures, as well as the denture bearing area. The patients' assessments were surprisingly high, the grades were bigger than the therapist's (p < ...

I t is a common clinical experience that patients wearing complete dentures at an increased occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) will suffer discomfort and complain that the dentures feel “too big.” At one time this discomfort was said to be an attempt of the muscles of mastication to return the mandible to its predetermined rest position.’ However, the concept that mandibular rest position is sta...

Surgical resection in oral and facial area caused by malign tumor results in loss of morphological and functional integrity of the upper jaw and the adjacent anatomic structures [1]. In these anatomo-morphological conditions, phonetics, mastication and swallowing functions are impaired, the symmetry of the face is lost, communication between nasal and oral cavity is present and patient’s qualit...

PURPOSE The purpose was to assess the outcome of improved staff supervision on the efficiency and quality of complete dentures delivered by clinical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS The audit was performed in two parts. In the first cycle, retrospective analysis for complete dentures delivered by clinical students was undertaken, and patient's satisfaction was graded using Geriatric/General Or...

The goal of this study was to obtain basic data for the clinical evaluation of full dentures, and to investigate quantitatively and three dimensionaly for every phase of mandibular movement, the mobility at the anterior teeth of maxillary full dentures during function. The subjects were seven people having maxillary and mandibular full dentures with good retention and stability. Measurements we...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study is to quantify occlusal errors seen, during the processing of complete denture. MATERIAL AND METHODS Maxillary and mandibular complete dentures were fabricated for 30 subjects. Anterior and posterior markings were made on articulator and the distance was measured from these points before and after processing of complete dentures. Occlusal errors following proc...