Denture hygiene habits among edentulous patients seen at Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to determine denture hygiene habits in complete denture patients according to their age and time of dentures reporting at Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi. A cross sectional study was carried out on 200 hundred completely edentulous patients between 45 to 65 years wearing complete acrylic dentures. They were further subdivided according to gender [120 males, 80 females] and age groups as 45-55 years [Group I] and 54-65 years [Group II]. Data were collected on a standardized data sheet. A Proforma was filled in by every patient and denture hygiene habits of the subjects were documented. Data collected was analyzed using SPPS 17.0.Out of 200 patients, 65% of the subjects cleaned their dentures once daily. Group I patients who had been wearing dentures since 2 years showed more tendency towards denture cleaning. Patients mostly used water only for denture cleansing. Clinicians should provide proper denture hygiene instructions. Noncompliance of the patients is main reason for poor status of complete dentures seen in the elderly population