Effect of time on the efficacy of the rotating needles device in cleaning complete dentures (CD)

Effect of time on the efficacy of the rotating needles device in cleaning complete dentures (CD) - Efficacy of the rotating needles device in cleaning CDs.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00014373

Enrollment

Registered

2018-04-05

Start date

2018-02-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Group 1: The complete dentures (CD) will be cleaned by a rotating needles device (Sympro, Renfert GmbH, Germany) for 20 minutes and at 1600 RPM. Group 2: The complete dentures (CD) will be cleaned b

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patients treated at Greifswald University, Policlinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center of Oral Health with CD. - All participants were patients who had received and adapted to their CDs for at least two months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Mental disorders - Poor general health (Class III-IV according to the classification of the American Society of Anesthesiology

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cleaning efficacy: Before and after the cleaning procedure the whole denture will be stained using a plaque disclosing liquid and photographed on all sites. After conducting the clinical examination for the last patient the images of different denture parts (buccal, lingual, occlusal, tissue side and teeth) will be analyzed by evaluating the proportion of the stained plaque areas to the unstained denture surface using the Photoshop software (Planimetry).	—

Measure

Time frame

Cleaning efficacy: Before and after the cleaning procedure the whole denture will be stained using a plaque disclosing liquid and photographed on all sites. After conducting the clinical examination for the last patient the images of different denture parts (buccal, lingual, occlusal, tissue side and teeth) will be analyzed by evaluating the proportion of the stained plaque areas to the unstained denture surface using the Photoshop software (Planimetry).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of the cleaning efficacy between different parts of CDs (complete dentures) adjusted by sex, patient`age, jaw, CD`age, home cleaning behaviour and diet habits	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTorsten Mundt

Poliklinik für zahnärztliche Prothetik, Alterszahnheilkunde und medizinischer Werkstoffkunde

mundt@uni-greifswald.de+49 38 34 - 86 71 39

Outcome results