Discussion
xerostomia, impaired manual dexterity, candidiasis, edentulous, mandibular dentures, denture stomatitis, denture adhesives, denture
CANDIDIASIS, XEROSTOMIA, DISEASES
This study aimed to investigate the effects of different types of denture adhesives on complete denture patient satisfaction and oral health-related quality of life. The results showed that the use of denture adhesives significantly improved patient satisfaction scores and OHIP scores in all 3 groups, except for the ease of cleaning of the dentures before and after adhesive use in groups O and S. However, there were no significant differences in these effects between the 3 groups, except for the difference in ease of cleaning between groups C and S.The findings of the present study were consistent with those of previous studies that reported positive effect for using denture adhesives [In this study, allocation of the participants was conducted by a coordinator so that the evaluators could be blinded [In our study, we did not find any significant differences in perceived adhesive effectiveness between the types of adhesives that were tested. This outcome stands in contrast to prior research that highlighted distinctions between various adhesive types [The complete removal of adhesive from dentures is important for the hygiene and the stability of the dentures [In our study, patients noted that Sea.Bond adhesive was notably easier to clean off the denture surface compared to Corega adhesive, attributed to its strip-based nature. This can make such type of adhesives an attractive option, especially for older people with impaired manual dexterity, especially that cream adhesives are usually transparent or pink in color and difficult to identify on denture surfaces [As the correlation between objective assessments and patient satisfaction has been reported to be poor [One of the limitations of this study was that only one follow-up measurement was considered although masticatory performance, patient satisfaction, and oral health-related quality of life are expected to improve with time [The extent of bone resorption has been highlighted in previous studies as a factor influencing satisfaction with dentures and OHIP-EDENT [The duration of denture use can influence the subjective assessment of new dentures. Prior studies have shown that patients with previous denture experience tend to exhibit greater satisfaction with new dentures, while individuals who have been edentulous for a short period or are first-time denture wearers may express higher dissatisfaction with new dentures [Our results showed that general satisfaction as well as all other aspects were improved by the use of denture adhesives. Therefore, it can be concluded that the improvement of general satisfaction here was a result of improvement of all factors including satisfaction with mandibular and maxillary dentures and factors such as esthetics, speech, stability, comfort, and the ability to chew. This disagrees with previous studies which concluded that only mandibular dentures influenced directly the overall satisfaction of denture wearers as their retention and comfort were improved after adhesive use and that speech and esthetics were not affected by adhesive use [Denture adhesives were reported in some previous studies to have some negative aspects including increased residual ridge resorption, development of oral diseases such as denture stomatitis and candidiasis especially in patients with xerostomia [