PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the efficacy of palatal brushing in the treatment of denture stomatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS After screening 143 individuals with a potential diagnosis of denture stomatitis, 48 patients (mean age: 66.0 ± 11.2 years) were enrolled in a two-center phase 1 clinical trial with a one-group pretest/posttest design. The intervention of interest was manual palata...

SANDRA ALTARAWNEH: Characterization of Salivary, Mucosal, and Denture Surfaces Role in Denture Stomatitis: an Exploratory Study (Under the direction of Sompop Bencharit D. Objectives: To explore associations between clinical signs of stomatitis and tissue/denture infection, as well as salivary and serum biomarkers. Methods: An IRB approved, case-control study enrolled 32 edentate subjects, 17 w...

* Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Index Institute of Dental sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India ** Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India _________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Denture stomatitis is the most prevalent and long standing problem in denture wearers...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Denture stomatitis is the common form of oral candidiasis, which is seen in the form of diffused inflammation in the areas covered by dentures. Many primary studies report the prevalence of denture stomatitis and candida albicans among patients in the Iranian population; therefore, using meta-analysis is valuable for health policy makers. PURPOSE The purpose of the pr...

Objective: To determine the impact of dental prosthetic condition on food consumption, risk of malnutrition and follow-up 4-year mortality risk in elderly Taiwanese. Design and setting: Analyzing the data sets of the 1999 and 2003 “Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan”, a longitudinal cohort study. Participants: A national probability sample of 2766 men and women 65 years...

The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the color stability of commercially available porcelain, reinforced acrylic, and conventional acrylic denture teeth materials used in removable prostheses. Two brands of porcelain (Unilux-Enta Lactona-Holland and Vivoperl-Ivoclar-Liechtenstein), 2 brands of reinforced acrylic (Optodent-Bayer-Germany and Ivolek-Ivoclar-Liechtenstein), and 2 brands of...

PURPOSE The aim of this article is to analyze the preference for treatment modality of dentists. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of 20,038 patients was involved. Data analysis were done by distribution according to the various kinds of prosthesis, including complete denture, removable partial denture, fixed partial denture, implant-supported dental prosthesis as well as distribution according to th...

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of palatal brushing in the treatment of denture stomatitis. Materials and Methods: After screening 143 individuals with a potential diagnosis of denture stomatitis, 48 patients (mean age: 66.0 ± 11.2 years) were enrolled in a two-center phase 1 clinical trial with a one-group pretest/posttest design. The intervention of interest was manual palata...

Denture stomatitis merupakan suatu peradangan mukosa
 mulut yang umum terjadi pada pengguna denture. Saat ini bahan herbal banyak dimanfaatkan sebagai pengobatan denture mengingat keamanannya dan minimal efek samping ditimbulkan dibandingkan obat komersial. Salah satu kandungan dalam dentur adalah flavonoid. Flavonoid memiliki manfaat antiinflamasi antioksidan antijamur antibakteri. Tujuan...

Dear Readers, Denture-induced stomatitis is the most common type of oral candidosis and the most frequent mucosal alteration associated with complete or removable partial dentures in the elderly. Despite being an infection of multifactorial etiology, this condition has as main etiological factor the colonization of denture-bearing mucosa and acrylic bases by species of Candida spp., especially ...