Despite therapeutic progress, opportunistic oral fungal infectious diseases have increased in prevalence, especially in denture wearers. The combination of entrapment of yeast cells in irregularities in denture-base and denture-relining materials, poor oral hygiene and several systemic factors is the most probable cause for the onset of this infectious disease. Hence colonization and growth on ...

PURPOSE Difficulty in cleaning resilient denture liners remains a material disadvantage. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of denture cleansers on hardness of resilient liner materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three resilient liners, Luci Sof (Dentsply), Molloplast-B (Dentax), and Sofreliner (Tokuyama), and two denture cleansers, Efferdent (Warner-Lamber), and 0.5% alk...

Corresponding author: Renu Gupta, Professor And Head, Department Of Prosthodontics, H.P.G.D.C. Shimla This article may be cited as: Gupta R, Luthra RP and Gautam D Comparative Analysis Of Retentive Qualities Of Hard Chairside Relining Materials On Maxillary Denture Base An In Vivo Study.Int J Com Health and Med Res 2017;3(2):43-48 Article Received: 11-05-17 Accepted On: 18-05-2017 NTRODUCTION T...

AIM This study evaluated the antibiofilm effect of an experimental solution of 2% Ricinus communis (R. communis) on a silicone-based denture liner by means of a randomized clinical trial, as well as the integrity of such liner following a cleansing regimen with such solution. MATERIALS AND METHODS About 30 complete denture wearers had their lower dentures relined with a silicone-based denture...

When denture is worn in the mouth for considerable period of time, it will become colonized with microorganisms and causing denture stomatitis, it is commonly found in the maxillary arch, rarely in the mandibular arch, and it is not uncommon under removable partial denture base in the maxillary arch. Denture trauma, allergy, poor oral hygiene, PH level of saliva, age, sex, smoking and immune sy...

A large epidemiological health investigation, the Helsinki Ageing Study (HAS), was performed in 1989-1991 in Helsinki, Finland. We report here the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in 338 76-, 81- and 86-year-old home-living elderly people, who completed the oral health investigation at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki. One or more lesions were found in 128 subjects (38%). Fi...

Introduction: The lack of knowledge about denture hygiene can negatively affect their maintenance. On the other hand, good oral reduce chances plaque accumulation. Objetive: To determine if there is a relationship between and Material Methods: A questionnaire was applied to 67 patients who wore partial and/or total removable prostheses daily evaluate hygiene. For evaluation maintenance, clinica...

In this study, a questionnaire was applied to patients from Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil, to evaluate the hygiene methods and habits concerning the use of complete dentures, the age of dentures, and whether patients have been instructed on how to clean their dentures. The mean age of patients was 63.35 years, and most of them were females (82.08%). The results s...

Rehabilitation of mutilated dentition is esthetic and functional challenge. The present condition dentition, patient’s level motivation for maintaining oral hygiene, social status etc are the key factors to successful rehabilitation. Maxillary teeth supported overdenture against mandibular complete denture a potential risk enhancing residual ridge resorption arch. In such situation implant pros...