BACKGROUND Although the use of removable dentures can improve oral function and esthetics for elderly people, compared to those who do not wear removable dentures, those wearing removable dentures could have worse oral health related-quality of life (OHRQoL). Additional information is required to assess which factors related to denture wearing influence the OHRQoL of elderly individuals. The pu...

In 1776 ceramic material was first suggested for a dental application by the French chemist Alexis Duchateau who worked in collaboration with the dentist Dubois de Chemant to produce the first complete denture. The material used was a mixture of potash feldspar (K2O.Al2O3.6SiO2, 70-80%), quartz (SiO2, 10-30%) and kaolin (Al2O3.Si02.2H2O, 0-3%) [1]. Since then the potential of the material was u...

In this investigation the denture retention was measured and the influence of denture -retention on ima'sticatory efficiency was examined. The investigation was iperf armed on 36 comiplete denture wearers. The test of masticatory efficiency wals used according to Ni'kšić (1965). The meaisuriinig of denture retention was made by specially constructed mechanical scale, which wa's designed so that...

The aim of this study was to isolate and identify Candida species from the oral cavity of denture wearers with denture-related stomatitis who were attended at the University Federal of Pará (Belém City, Pará State, Brazil). A total of 36 denture wearers with denture-related stomatitis were included, and type I (50%), type II (33%) and type III (17%) stomatitis were observed. Candida spp. were i...

Patients with complete dentures require unique considerations due to their compromised oral anatomy, reduced adaptive capacity, and systemic conditions that further affect denture retention and stability. The use of denture adhesives is common among denture wearers and is also prescribed by many dentists. Denture adhesives add to the retention, stability and thereby improve chewing ability, red...

OBJECTIVES This clinical report describes a relatively simple but esthetic, non-invasive and functional prosthodontic treatment option for a patient with missing tooth. METHODS A patient with a missing maxillary left canine was non-invasively treated with a fiber reinforced composite (FRC) bridgework with an all ceramic (Empress II, Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Liech-tenstein) pontic design, usi...

SUBJECTS The study sample was derived from dental hospital patients awaiting the provision of a mandibular bilateral free-end removable partial denture (RPD). Inclusion criteria included the following: (1) maximum of 8 remaining mandibular teeth; (2) 1 to 2 anterior teeth spaces allowed, provided they were restorable using resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (FPDs); and (3) plaque score of 20% ...

systemic infections. Microwave irradiation has been used as an efficient method of denture disinfection. Even though current methods eliminate denture-base microorganisms, a recurrence rate of denture stomatitis (DS) is still observed among denture-wearing patients. It was hypothesized that microwave disinfection kills microorganisms but do not remove dead bacteria from the denture surface. To ...

Candida-associated denture stomatitis is an infectious inflammatory condition of the oral mucosa, with frequent recurrences. The aim of this study was to assess the use of infrared thermography as investigation method for Candida-associated denture stomatitis (as inflammatory disorder of the maxillary denture bearing area), by comparing disease and non-disease groups. An observational study was...

Denture wearing, elderly, oral health related quality of life. Abstract This study aims to determine the prevalence of denture wearing among elderly and to compare the oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) between elderly with dentures and those without dentures. This cross sectional study involved 506 randomly selected edentulous elderly in the district of Badang, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. ...