Health Condition 1: K081- Complete loss of teeth
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Repeated immersion: Repeated immersion in 1% sodium hypochlorite solution for one minute prior to each of the
3 trimming cycles.
Control Intervention1: Conventional Protocol: One ti
Sponsors
Dr Kavitha Janardanan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients wearing Maxillary Acrylic Dental Prostheses for a continuous period of more than 2 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who have been treated with systemic antibiotics during the past 2 months Patients with acute and chronic respiratory illness. Patients with infections of the soft tissues of the oral cavity, sinonasal cavity, nasopharynx and larynx. Patients with uncontrolled chronic systemic diseases like diabetes, immunosuppressive states like retroviral infection, chemotherapy for malignancy, individuals who received organ transplant and are on immunosuppresants, individuals who have undergone irradiation for oromaxillofacial malignancies. Patients with xerostomia Patients with Maxillofacial prostheses Patients who require less than 3 cycles of trimming and insertion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Microbial load in terms of colony count on the surface of acrylic dental prosthesisTimepoint: 2 hours | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Identifying the individual organisms on maxillary acrylic prosthesis & evaluation of how their count varies following conventional & repeated immersion protocolsTimepoint: 2 hours | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactKavitha Janardanan
Govt Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram
Outcome results
None listed