Denture Cleanliness Habits Among Geriatric Patients Wearing Complete Dentures
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Objective: To study was planned to determine the frequency of denture hygiene habits in complete denture patients. Methods: The study was conducted among 146 geriatric patients to assess their hygiene habits towards complete dentures. A self administered structured proforma was developed to know the frequency of denture wearing habits, practices of denture cleanliness, storage of denture and nocturnal denture-wearing habits. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 at p value <0.05. Results: In this study 41% geriatric patients had habit of daily cleaning their dentures, 46.7% clean it weekly and 12.3% do it rarely. Most of the patients do it with water and brush (46.1%) followed by water only 29.8%. Majority of the sample wear dentures on day time (45%). Some use it only for chewing the food (36.4%). After examination, it was found that the condition of the dentures were rated as good in 52.7%, followed by fair and poor as 30.1% and 17.2% respectively. Pearson Correlation showed positive correlation between frequency of cleansing and the condition of dentures. Conclusion: The main source of cleaning the denture was water with brush and a good number of patients clean their denture on daily basis. Nearly half of the respondents maintain their denture hygiene in good condition. Still, patients should be given instructions regarding maintenance of denture hygiene.
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Shivani Jandial
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