Edentulous patients, complete denture wearers
Conditions
Interventions
Clinical trial on the effects of using a denture adhesive. Two arms, double-blind (researcher and patient), randomized controlled trial. The sample consisted of 50 patients of both genders, 32 women a
Arm 2 (14 patients) = not using any type of adhesive for the first 15 day trial, followed by use of adhesive over the next 15 days. To use the adhesive, the patients were instructed according to the m
behavioural
other
Sponsors
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adults; mentally agile and responsive; with resilience and alveolar volume normal; absence of dysfunctions in the stomatognathic system and the absence of debilitating systemic changes
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Debilitating neurological or systemic diseases and the need for pre-prosthetic surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patients’ satisfaction with denture adhesive evaluated by answering the questionnaire to assess subjectively patients satisfaction with and without use of denture adhesive after each period of assessment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Influence of denture adhesive, evaluated by means of the colony counts of microorganisms collected from palatal mucosa and maxillary denture in new denture wearers;Influence of denture adhesive, evaluated by means of the percentage of biofilm formed on the inner surface of maxillary denture in new denture wearers | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAna Pero
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Outcome results
None listed