ENTISTRY HAS assumed a leadership position among the health sciences by its early commitment to preventive care. Fluoride applications alone have substantially reduced the economic and human suffering caused by oral disease.' However, the Commitment by the profession has largely overlooked the edentulous patient, concentrating on the young in the effort to protect and preserve the natural denti...

The efficacy of 2 oral hygiene products, an experimental toothpaste specific for complete denture cleansing and a regular standard toothpaste, was compared in terms of denture biofilm removal and cure of palatal lesions in patients with atrophic chronic candidiasis. The degree of correlation between presence of biofilm and mucosa erythema was also evaluated. Twenty-four complete denture wearers...

Background: Candida–related lesions can present as denture sore mouth intraorally and cheilitis angular extra orally. Some predisposing factors include ill-fitting dentures, malnutrition, poor oral hygiene. Objective: To determine the proper diagnosis management of dentures in patients with bad Case report: A 59-year-old male patient presented a burning sensation on hard palate sores at corners...

Background Investigation of the oral flora of edentulous subjects is becoming increasingly important because of recent wide spread use of implants in the treatment of edentulism. Materials and methods Twenty eight newly edentulous patients with age ranged between (40-80) years were included in this study. Saliva samples were collected at two intervals; before taking the primary impression, and ...

Denture hygiene is essential because denture biofilm is involved in oral infections and systemic diseases. Although there are chemical agents available on the market, none of them have ideal properties and research on such products is still necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a castor bean (Ricinus communis)-based solution for removing denture biofilm, compared to t...

Introduction: However human oral cavity consist a mass of microorganisms, some alteration such as application the complete removable denture with poor oral hygiene in edentulous patients may cause overgrowth of several opportunistic microorganisms resulted denture stomatitis. The aim of present study was to compare the dominant oral micro-flora between edentulous denture users with dentate elde...

Introduction: Epulis fissuratum is one of the important denture-related mucosal lesions that occurs around the borders of an ill-fitting denture. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cases of epulis fissuratum admitted in the department of oral medicine, Kerman Dental School in relation to the demographic, denture-related and clinical findings. Materials &Methods: Medical files of all p...

The article discuss the case of an edentulous patient presented to the dental clinic for pain and burning sensation of oral mucosa and diagnosed subsequently with oxyphilic adenoma. A 58-year-old patient, with maxillary edentulism, treated with complete denture, presented to the Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Rom...