Denture Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Complete Denture Wearers attending a Postgraduate Dental Institute
| Autor: | Pragya Panday, Vinay Suresan, Prateek Mishra, Sudhanshu Saxena, Thatapudi Shankar, Snigdha Gowd, Sneha S Mantri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Dentistry India Oral hygiene 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors Hygiene Informed consent Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Denture Cleansers General Dentistry media_common Aged Descriptive statistics Denture Complete business.industry 030206 dentistry Middle Aged Oral Hygiene Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Income Educational Status Female Dentures Prosthodontics business Denture hygiene |
| Zdroj: | The journal of contemporary dental practice. 18(8) |
| ISSN: | 1526-3711 |
| Popis: | Aims The aim of this study was to assess the denture hygiene knowledge and practices among patients using complete dentures attending a postgraduate dental hospital in Jabalpur city. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between hygiene knowledge and practices to the denture wearer's gender, education, and income. Materials and methods A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire involving the complete denture patients attending the Department of Prosthodontics. The study subjects were randomly selected by recruiting old dentures wearers visiting the Department of Prosthodontics for a recall visit or for new dentures on the odd dates of the month. All subjects signed an informed consent before filling the questionnaire. The institutional review committee approved the study. Descriptive statistics included computation of frequencies and percentages. Nonparametric test, namely, chi-square test, was used for further data analysis; p-value Results A total of 530 individuals were approached for participation in our survey, 30 (5.66%) subjects declined to participate. The results showed that 195 (39%) subjects were wearing the same dentures for more than 5 years. In this study, 51 (10.2%) subjects reported never having been advised by their dentists as to how to clean their dentures. Among all the subjects interviewed, 264 (52.8%) reported to clean the oral tissues daily. This study disclosed that 66 (13.2%) of the subjects usually slept with their dentures. Maximum subjects in illiterate group had experienced bad breath sometimes when compared with subjects in postgraduate group (χ2 = 47.452, p < 0.001). There was a significant difference for method of denture cleaning according to gender (χ2 = 101.076, p < 0.001). Conclusion The majority of the denture wearers have limited knowledge of denture cleansing and oral hygiene practices. Hygiene habits and practices may not always present a positive correlation with the gender, educational level, and income of the subjects. Clinical significance Periodic recall for evaluation of denture and mucosal surfaces along with reinforcement of denture hygiene instructions will go a long way in helping the patients reap maximum benefits out of their prostheses. How to cite this article Shankar T, Gowd S, Suresan V, Mantri S, Saxena S, Mishra P, Panday P. Denture Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Complete Denture Wearers attending a Postgraduate Dental Institute. J Contemp Dent Pract 2017;18(8):714-721. |
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