Haider Ali, Shawana, Samia Rahman, Ali Khalid, Ali Hassan.
Denture hygiene habits among elderly patients.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(3):492-4.

The objective of this study was to determine the denture hygiene habits of complete denture wearer patients reporting to department of Prosthodontics, Khyber College of Dentistry , Peshawar. This cross-sectional study consisted of 50 edentulous patients using removable complete denture for more than 6 months, age ranged 45-75 years. Fixed partial denture wearers, implant supported denture wearers, over-dentures, and handicapped patients were excluded from the study. A detailed history and examination was done. Questions were asked regarding the denture hygiene habits through the pre-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using SPSS for Windows version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were calculated for age , gender and denture hygiene habits. Chi-square (χ2) test was applied for comparison of denture hygiene habits between males and females at P < 0.05 level of significant. In this study 31(62%) were males and 19 (38%) were females. The age range was from 45 to 75 years, the most common age group was 51-60 years (44%). The frequency of denture hygiene in this edentulous sample showed that 30% patients cleaned their removable complete denture daily, 40% twice in a week, 20% once a week and 10% occasionally. Most of the edentulous patients cleaned their complete denture with only water (42%). Only smaller number of edentulous patients used denture cleaners(14%). Gender wise stratification showed that there was no statistically significant difference for various methods to clean their dentures. Dentists should give proper instructions regarding maintenance of denture hygiene.

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