Evaluation of Three Common Denture Cleaners

A Margo

doi:10.22452/adum.vol10no1.8

Abstract

Denture plaque has been shown to be responsible for a variety of soft tissue changes in many denture wearers. Proper routine cleaning of tissue surface of denture is essential to maintain healthy supporting tissue. The purpose of this study was to quantify and compare the effectiveness of common cleaning agentsand toothpaste in the removal of denture plaque from the tissue surface of the maxillary complete dentures. Fourteen healthy edentulous patients were selected and complete denture were made for each of them. After the completion of the necessary adjustments, the patients were divided into control group (n=6) andtreatment group (n= 8). Patients of the control group were requested to follow one test session to clean their dentures with a wet brush. And, the patients of thetreatment group were also requested to follow 3 test sessions, consisting of cleaning using a toothbrush with: 1. toothpaste, 2. hand washing liquid soap and 3. bar mild bath soap. At each test session, every maxillary complete denture with 3 days accumulated plaque on the tissue side surfac'e, before and after treatment was disclosed with 4.5% mercurochrome dye and plaque accumulation was scored according to plaque index. The results showed that toothpaste, hand washing liquid soap or bar mild bath soap with the use of toothbrush has a highly significant (p 0.05) in theremoval of denture plaque. The effectiveness of hand washing liquid soap was found to be statistically greater than the other two. It can be concluded that liquid soap can be used as a denture cleaner.

Highlights

Acrylic resin bases on both removable partial and complete dentures attract stains and odor-producing organic and inorganic deposits [1]
Plaque is responsible for variety of soft tissue changes in many denture wearers [3,4]
The specific aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of these common denture cleaners in removal of accumulated plaque from the tissue surface of maxillary complete dentures

Summary

Introduction

Acrylic resin bases on both removable partial and complete dentures attract stains and odor-producing organic and inorganic deposits [1]. MacCallum et al [2] have characterized the calcareous deposits which form on dentures as consisting essentially of an organic and inorganic portion. The organic portion (15 % to 35 %) is basically glycoprotein and responsible for binding the deposit to denture. Plaque is responsible for variety of soft tissue changes in many denture wearers [3,4]. These changes manifest themselves as a series of related symptom complexes which include denture stomatitis, inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, and chronic candidiasis. Ill-fitting dentures, trauma, and lack of denture cleanliness are most commonly cited triad of local etiologic factors for each of these entities and the plaque that forms on the tissue surfaces probably is of the greatest clinical significance [4]

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