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TOngue/Palate Interactions Study

Experimental Study of Tongue/Palate Interactions Using Upper coMplete dEnture

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03966131
Acronym
EEXPLORE
Enrollment
60
Registered
2019-05-29
Start date
2024-02-02
Completion date
2027-02-28
Last updated
2024-02-15

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Conditions

Toothless

Keywords

Speech, swallowing, sensors, complete denture

Brief summary

The project aims to assess the effect of a complete denture of new denture wearers on speech production using sensors placed inside a duplicate of the prosthesis according to the technique described in the PRESLA system. Secondly, it aims to assess the effect of a complete denture on swallowing for these new denture wearers. Thirdly it aims to describe a precise mapping of the mechanical pressures exerted by the tongue on the palate of complete denture user, been used in wearing denture, during speaking and swallowing. The experiments will take place in the department of treatments and dental consultations of the Hospices Civils de Lyon (Faculty of Odontology, Lyon, France).

Detailed description

The evaluation of speech production is based on the characteristics of the pressure signal (time and frequency) and the acoustic signal after synchronization during time using duplicate with up to 8 sensors. To reach the first objective, the investigators will focus on the patients who wear new complete denture during the first session of recording. They will first analyze the characteristics of the acoustic and pressure signals of the production of consonants. They shall select from 8 sensors, 3 sensors for the inferential analysis: a previous sensor in the alveolar zone, a median sensor in the palatal zone and a posterior sensor in the palatal area (on the border of the beginning of the soft palate). These 3 sensors will be selected on the basis of the amplitude of the variations of pressure during the task. This sensor's triplet will be specific to every patient. The investigators shall thus have after 3 sensors called: previous, median, posterior. They shall do, for every sensor's measurements and for the acoustic measures, an inferential statistical analysis based on one model shelf spaces generalized in mixed effects, in which the variable to be explained will be one of moderate variables, the fixed effects will be the session (just after wearing the prosthesis for the first time, 3 weeks later, 3 months later), the consonant, the index of the sensor (1 - 3, from the front to the back) and the index of the repetition (from 1 to 15), and where the random effect will be the patient.

Interventions

DEVICETongue pressure recordings with the PRESLA prothesis for the Arm1 (patients wearing the complete denture for the first time)

Tongue pressure recordings during speech production, wet and dry swallowing tasks planned in 3 sessions, when the complete denture is worn for the first time, after 3 weeks, then after 3 months in order to characterise the adaptation to this new prosthesis.

DEVICETongue pressure recordings with the PRESLA prothesis for the Arm2 (patients used to wear the complete denture)

These measures provide to establish a spatial and temporal mapping of contacts applied by the tongue and lips to the prosthesis during speech production in patients used to their prosthesis. They also provide to establish a spatial and temporal mapping of contacts applied by the tongue and lips to the prosthesis during swallowing) in these patients. The measurement is made at once when the new denture which replaces the old one is placed in the mouth.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Bimaxillary edentulous patients of both genders, over 18 years of age, requiring prosthesis (Cohort 1). * Bimaxillary edentulous patients of both genders, over 18 years of age, with prosthesis made since at least one year (Cohort 2). * Patients Affiliated with the French Social Security Insurance

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with speech or neurological disorders, or uncorrected or psychiatric sensory disorders * Patients without French as native language * Pregnant women * Patients deprived of liberty or provided with legal protection * Patients unable to support study constraints as determined by investigator * Patients who have expressed their refusal to participate with the investigator * Allergy to methacrylic resin

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from Baseline Pressure signal (time and amplitude) at week 3 and month 3, during speech production for new denture wearers using duplicate with up to 8 sensorsDay 0 (Baseline), Week 3 and Month 3The evaluation of speech production is based on the characteristics of the pressure and acoustic signals after synchronization during time, using duplicate with up to 8 sensors.
Change from Baseline Pressure signal Acoustic signal (time and frequence) at week 3 and month 3, during speech production for new denture wearers using duplicate with up to 8 sensorsDay 0 (Baseline), Week 3 and Month 3The evaluation of speech production is based on the characteristics of the pressure and acoustic signals after synchronization during time, using duplicate with up to 8 sensors.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactChristophe JEANNIN, PHD
christophe.jeannin@univ-lyon1.fr04 27 85 40 32

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026