Peanut particle mass
SE, maxillary and mandibular dentures, denture, mandibular dentures
Figure Representative photographs from the pilot study of dentures before collection of peanut particles and residual denture adhesive (when applied) per (a) conventional application, (b) continuous application, and (c) no adhesive. Photographs adjusted for contrast and brightness. Black arrows, denture adhesive; red arrows, peanut particles.Graphs and tables for the pilot study are held in the section of Supporting Information. For the pilot study (Supporting Information: Table Without adhesive, a greater median (11.0 mg, range 0.1–700.0 mg) and mean (58.4 mg, SE 20.48 mg) mass of peanut particles migrated under the mandibular dentures than the maxillary ones (median 7.7 mg, range 0.1–213.4 mg; mean 20.1 mg, SE 5.79 mg). This was the same when the adhesive was applied by the conventional pattern (mandibular median 3.4 mg, range 0.1–27.1 mg; mean 5.8 mg, SE 0.94 mg; maxillary median 2.7 mg, range 0.1–89.2 mg; mean 6.0 mg, SE 1.95). However, when applied by the continuous pattern, there was a slightly lower median and mean for the mandibular dentures (median 1.4 mg, range 0.0–20.0 mg; mean 3.8 mg, SE 0.72 mg) compared with the maxillary ones (median 1.8 mg, range 0.0–57.3 mg; mean 5.6 mg, SE 1.41 mg). When assessed by low or high KO scores, there were few differences for the conventional application or no adhesive; however, for the continuous pattern group, the median mass of peanuts under the combined dentures was higher in those with a low KO score (median 5.8, range 0.2–75.6 mg; mean 10.7, SE 2.35) compared with those with a high KO score (median 2.1, range 0.2–36.7 mg; mean 5.7, SE 2.94) (Supporting Information: Table For the efficacy study, the combined GM mass of peanut particles recovered from both maxillary and mandibular dentures was lower when the Test adhesive was used (5.56 mg; CV 1.160 mg) compared to no adhesive (29.13 mg; CV 1.160 mg) (Table Efficacy (follow‐on) study the mass of peanut particles (mg), the geometric mean ratio between treatment (modified intent‐to‐treat cohort)
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; CI, confidence interval; CV, geometric coefficient of variation; GM, geometric mean, adhesive over no adhesive; SE, standard error.