Masticatory Efficiency in Implant-fixed Complete Dentures Compared to the Conventional Dentures

St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon20 enrolled

Overview

Purpose of this study is to compare the masticatory efficiency 'All on four' to 'Complete dentures on a class I ridge' with a color mixing analyzing test. Ten Patients with fixed complete dentures on implants and other ten patients with complete denture on a class I ridge (Atwood) had chewed a bicolor chewing gum (Hubba Bubba ®) for different number of cycles(5-10-15-20). The chewed gum is retrieved scanned and weighted to quantify masticatory efficiency

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mastication

Interventions

mixing analysing testBEHAVIORAL

The chewed gum is retrieved scanned and weighted to quantify masticatory efficiency

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * good general health, good intraoral conditions, and dentures in satisfactory conditions over edentulous high ridge Atwood's Class I. The minimum time of complete denture use ranged from 3 to 6 months. no temporomandibular dysfunction Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

Saint Joseph University

Beirut, Lebanon

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

color analysis mixing test

a two color chewing gum is chewed for a specific number of cycles, gum is scanned and color mixing is analysed by a software called View Gum

Time frame: from 5 up to 20 second

Secondary Outcomes

weight reduction

gum is weighted before each chewing cycle than dried and weighted after chewing.weight reduction is the secondary outcome for mastication efficiency analyzing

Time frame: from 5 up to 20 second

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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