Muhammad Farooq Kamran, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Khezran Qamar.
Clinical comparison of retention strengths of two denture adhesives.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(3):507-11.

The objective of the study was to compare the mean increase in denture retention strength with paste and powder form of the denture adhesives, on mandibular complete denture. It was a randomized control trial study and was carried out at the Prosthodontic Department of Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore from July 2014 to January 2015. Hundred patients wearing mandibular complete dentures having good polished, fitting and occlusal surfaces were included in the study. Patients having unstable denture or with soft liners tissue conditioners and with uncontrolled medical problem like uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled bleeding disorders, pemphigus, pemphigoid, lupus erythematosus were excluded. Fifty patients for group A were tested with denture adhesive powder and 50 patients for group B were tested with denture adhesive paste for their retention strengths. The retention strength values in grams were recorded by using spring scale. T-test was used to determine the existence of difference of mean retention strength b/w the two forms of denture adhesive. The results of the study have shown that there was significant difference in terms of mean increase in denture retention strength with paste form and powder form of denture adhesives (P<0.05). It was concluded that there was a significant improvement in the retention of mandibular complete denture after using both forms of denture adhesives. However the paste form of adhesive exhibited better retention strength as compared to powder form.

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