Abstract
Objective: To review the literature systematically in relation to the effectiveness of the adhesive for dental prostheses presented in terms of patient satisfaction and to evaluate the differences regarding the use or not of them. Methodology: A search was carried out in the databases PubMed / MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science according to the criteria of Preferred Reports for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. The PICO question was used to address the following specific question: "Patients who use adhesives on full denture satisfaction?". Results: Sixteen studies with a total of 1133 patients with age average of 67 years were included; in relation to masticatory capacity, improvement was found in feeding, increased vertical movement in the mandible and less intrusion of the prosthesis. As for satisfaction, studies have shown greater comfort, improvement in social, psychological, quality of life and oral health and self-confidence. No serious side effects have been reported and only oral adverse events have been coded. Conclusion: Although adhesives for dental prostheses do not improve their function, that is, they are not capable of problems related to anatomy or errors in the manufacture of the prosthesis, they affect as subjective evaluations of patients. The use of adhesives for prolonged complete dentures increases their retention and stability and positively affects the patient's satisfaction with regard to masticatory capacity, comfort and confidence, provided the recovery is adequate.
Highlights
The literature indicates an increase in life expectancy of which, and the rate of edentulism has fallen in recent years, there are still many countries with a large number of toothless patients who are undergoing treatment with complete dentures (Kumar et al, 2011)
It is common to find cases that present alveolar edges with great resorption, adapt in lesser support to support and maintain a conventional rehabilitation with total prosthesis (Spenciere et al, 2009), requiring the use of prosthetic adhesives to keep these prostheses in function and promote an improvement in adaptation, allowing correct masticatory efficiency, balanced distribution of tolerance and patient satisfaction
The authors conducted an electronic search on PubMed / MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase and Web of Science for articles published until February 2020 according to the eligibility criteria, using the following search terms "Total prosthesis, patient satisfaction and prosthetic patches total"
Summary
The literature indicates an increase in life expectancy of which, and the rate of edentulism has fallen in recent years, there are still many countries with a large number of toothless patients who are undergoing treatment with complete dentures (Kumar et al, 2011). A correct adaptation between a total prosthesis and the adjacent mucosa is fundamental for the success of the rehabilitation treatment (Guimarães et al, 2018). It is common to find cases that present alveolar edges with great resorption, adapt in lesser support to support and maintain a conventional rehabilitation with total prosthesis (Spenciere et al., 2009), requiring the use of prosthetic adhesives to keep these prostheses in function and promote an improvement in adaptation, allowing correct masticatory efficiency, balanced distribution of tolerance and patient satisfaction. In addition to provide adherence and retention of the total prosthesis to the oral mucosa, assist in stability, comfort, increase in masticatory activity and reduction in the accumulation of food under the denture (Nishi et al, 2020)
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