Post insertion complaints associated with new complete denture

The aim of this study was to determine the frequent post insertion complaints associated with complete denture. This cross sectional study was done on 117 patients wearing complete dentures who came to the Department of Prosthodontics of Dow International Dental College with post insertion complaints from January to December 2017. These patients came for the first visit within the first month after the insertion of complete denture. The assessment of all post-insertion complaints was done by one prosthodontist. The questionnaire included information on age, gender, type of denture, chief complaint and place where the denture was fabricated. This was followed by a clinical examination. Patients were informed about the study. After obtaining consent the data were collected. Regarding the post insertion complaint, 75% of patients faced pain and discomfort. 65% reported difficulty in eating. Looseness of denture was reported by 58%. 35% experienced difficulty in speech complaints regarding food accumulation under and around the prosthesis were reported by 17%. The most common post-insertion complaint of complete denture was pain and discomfort followed by difficulty in eating. Identification of post insertion complaints in different types of prosthesis would be very supportive to developing strategies to prevent and manage these more effectively by reducing all negative factors associated with these complains

Impression techniques used by dental surgeons in different institutes -a study

The objective of this study was to survey the impression technique used by the dental professionals of different institutes. Impression making is an important step in fabricating complete dentures. An impression is an imprint produced by existence of pressure of one thing into another surface. And this indicate an active role not a passive one and the clinician should understand that impressions are made, not taken. Mucostatic or passive impression was first proposed by Richardson and later popularized by Henry Page. A survey was conducted in dental colleges to get to know about the impression techniques and impression material used by the dental surgeons. It is discouraging to know that 35% of dental surgeons are using base plate custom trays to record secondary impressions. 10% are still using the alginate for secondary impressions. A supportable technique for recording full denture impressions is put forwarded for impression

Smokeless tobacco and it's association with tooth loss

Smokeless tobacco is one of that cause of oral disease and especially in Pakistan and India. Objective this study was to determine the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use and the association with tooth loss and oral health in patients coming Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan. 256 patients of age above 18 years were studied in outpatient department of oral diagnosis at Dow University of Health and sciences Karachi. The participants were clinically examined in two different groups according to exposure of smokeless tobacco. The oral health problems found among the participants were gingival recession [72%], tooth loss including tooth wear loss [68%] and missing teeth [60%]. However, there were significant association between smokeless tobacco and gingival re-cession, tooth wear and edentulousness, as a result P-value obtained less than 0.05 on chi-square test. Furthermore odds ratio revealed that people who used smokeless tobacco had 4 times more chances to have tooth loss and 3 times more chances to have gingival recession than those people who don't use smokeless tobacco. It was concluded that those who chew smokeless tobacco are more likely to have missing teeth, attrition and gingival recession