Introduction: Edentulism is the result of tooth loss which compromises quality of a patient by yielding poor health. For such patients, removable complete denture is one of the options among various treatment modalities and patient satisfaction becomes a more important determinant in the prognosis of complete denture therapy. After denture insertion, patients may experience difficulty in wearing complete denture and many patients may not be aware of limited efficiency of complete dentures. The present study aimed to assess most common reasons of postinsertion denture problems and its frequency among conventional complete dentures (CCDs) and biofunctional prosthetic system (BPS) dentures. Materials and methods: This study was carried out on 92 patients grouped into two, wearing CCDs and BPS dentures fabricated by a prosthodontist, with an age range between 45 and 87 years. After placement of dentures, details of postinsertion problems at each visit were recorded by asking questions which followed standard questionnaire. Results: Patients wearing BPS dentures showed least postinsertion corrections with high acceptance rate compared with CCDs. Also, mastication and speech problems of CCDs ranged highest compared with discomfort problems followed by other problems and problems of appearance. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, the biofunctional prosthesis had least corrections with high acceptance rate compared with conventional dentures in regard to many factors. Patients wearing complete dentures require periodic recall visits about denture maintenance, and a thorough knowledge about clinical and lab procedures of denture fabrication provides best guidance for lab technicians by a professional, thus ensuring complete denture success.

A basic concern of edentulous patients is retention of their dentures. This has led to considerable experimentation and research in efforts to perfect dentures that compensate for the loss of natural teeth. The use of multiple miniature suction cups made from a soft material lining the denture satisfies the requirements of retention and stability. A technique describing the fabrication of a maxillary and mandibular multicup dentures which are more beneficial than conventional complete dentures is discussed below with case report.

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OBJECTIVES: Thoughadequate retention is a basic requirement, there are situations in which it is not possible to obtain desirable optimal retention. Because of ill effects to supporting tissues due to many mechanical aids for retention, many patients frequently resort to the use of denture adhesives. Due to technique sensitivity and limitations of many techniques to measure the retention of a complete denture, this study was planned to evaluate and compare the BFDD with the following aims and objectives; • To measure BFDD in an existing denture without and with use of denture adhesive. • To measure BFDD in new denture without and with use of denture adhesive. • To compare BFDD between an existing and new denture without and with use of denture adhesive. METHODOLGY: Among total of twenty edentulous subjects, Group I& Group II for Method A & B were made. The data obtained by BFDD measurements were statistically analyzed using ANOVA for different time intervals and student’s t-test for group wise comparison. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The results of the study showed that consistent improvements were observed in BFDD when adhesive was used. The p-value was highly significant (p<0.001 HS) at all time intervals for both existing and new set of complete dentures.