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Volume 6 Issue 9 (September, 2018)

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Comparison of two impression techniques for secondary impression for complete denture
Navjot Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Kirtan Kaur

Background: A dental impression is a negative imprint of an oral structure used to fabricate a dental restoration or prosthesis. The present study was conducted to compare functional and conventional technique in secondary impression. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the department of Prosthodontics. It comprised of 60 patients of both genders. Patients were divided into 2 groups. In group I, secondary impression was made using conventional method in which zinc oxide eugenol wash impression was obtained after border moulding with green stick compound in open mouth position. In group II, functional technique was used. Results: In present study, group I and group II had 30 patients each. The mean force required to dislodged denture in group I was 12 N and in group II was 20 N. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found functional technique better as compared to conventional technique. However, large scale studies are required to substantiate the results obtained in this study.
Key words: Conventional, Functional, Secondary impression

Received: 12 June  2018                                                 Revised: 13 July 2018                                         Accepted: 15 July 2018
Corresponding author: Dr. Navjot Singh, Private Practitioner, India

This article may be cited as: Singh N, Kaur G, Kaur K. Comparison of two impression techniques for secondary impression for complete denture. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2018;6(9):125-127.

 
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