Investigation into the cleanliness of dentures in an elderly population

Denture Essential Kit: An Introduction

“…23,26 Previous study by Hoad-Reddick et al reported that a combination of methods (brushing and soaking) was used more frequently. 22 Veres et al also found majority of patients (59%) brushed and immersed their dentures. 27 In the present study, 72.6% of the patients cleaned their dentures with both brushing and soaking method.…”

“…This finding was similar to other studies. [22][23][24][25] This may be due to (i) dentists lack of knowledge on denture cleaning method and (ii) patients might not follow the instructions given by dentists. 25 Majority of the previous denture wearers (59.7%) reported that they cleaned their denture 2 to 4 times daily.…”

“…But this habit was positively higher than the previous studies that found that 10.40% and 2.67% of patients soaked their dentures with denture cleansing tablets. 22,3 This could be due to lack of awareness regarding cleansing tablets and unaffordable cost for some of the patients. 3 In the present study, 66.7% stated that they are aware of denture adhesive.…”

A Survey of Denture Hygiene in Older Patients

“…[2] Placement of denture in the oral cavity produces profound changes of the oral environment that may have an adverse affect on the integrity of the oral tissues. [3][4][5] The primary objective of maintaining the complete denture is to prevent the occurrence of lesions like commisural chelitis, burning mouth syndrome, mouth ulcer, denture irritation hyperplasia, gagging leading to caries and periodontal disease in the oral cavity. [6][7][8][9] In elderly patients, care of the mucosal tissues and the dentures of the edentulous mouth are very important for overall health.…”

Efeito da incorporação de agentes antimicrobianos sobre propriedades físicas de materiais resilientes temporários para base de prótese

“…A escovação das próteses é o método mais utilizado pelos usuários (COELHO;DARE, 2004), embora seja considerada ineficiente para redução do biofilme protético quando adotada de forma isolada (BARNABE et al, 2004;CHAN et al, 1991;DILLS et al, 1988;YILMAZ et al, 2004). Isso tem sido atribuído a fatores como falta de destreza manual e acuidade visual dos usuários das próteses removíveis, que são geralmente idosos (HOAD-REDDICK; GRANT; GRIFFITHS, 1990) e redução da ação da escova dental devido à proteção dos micro-organismos quando inseridos em biofilme (BAENA-MONROY et al, 2005) e às porosidades e irregularidades na resina acrílica contaminada em profundidade (CHAU et al, 1995). É importante considerar que escovação das próteses reembasadas com materiais resilientes deve ser cuidadosamente orientada uma vez que pode resultar degradação dos mesmos bem como no rompimento da interface de sua união à resina acrílica da base pelo efeito abrasivo da ação mecânica, das cerdas da escova e das partículas do dentifrício (HERMANN et al, 2008;NIKAWA et al, 1992).…”