Impact of Dentures Wearing on Spirometric Values; Data from Tertiary Rural Centre
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Spirometry is a common test routinely performed in chest outpatient department. Doing spirometry in edentulous COPD patients is a daunting task as many times they are not able to perform it correctly. Not many studies were attempted to evaluate the effect of wearing complete dentures in edentulous patients on spirometric readings. This study was undertaken to ascertain the role of complete dentures on spirometric values in edentulous patients wearing complete dentures. Material and Methods: The 20 edentulous patients visiting the Department of respiratory medicine referred for spirometry were selected as subjects for this study. The same subjects were provided with dentures with acceptable vertical dimension of occlusion in department of prosthodontics and spirometric readings were compared with and without denture. Results: Significant changes were observed with increase in peak inspiratory flow rates as compared to edentulous patients whereas no significant variations were found in FVC, FEV1 and FEV1% readings. Conclusion: This study paves the way for doing further research for the consideration of using complete dentures to do spirometry in patients suspected with extrathoracic airway obstruction in view of significant increase in peak inspiratory flow rates.
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Prachi Singhal, Sameer Singhal, Abinav Dagar
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