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Volume 7 Issue 12 (December, 2019)

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A Clinical Study to evaluate effectiveness of Denture Adhesives for Dentures
Bineet Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Vibhash Priyadarshi, Ayusha Kumari, Abhijit Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad

Background: Dental adhesives are used in prosthodontics to provide a binding layer on the surface of complete dentures. The present study was conducted to determine effectiveness of commercial complete denture adhesives. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the department of Prosthodontics. It comprised of 60 complete denture wearer patients. Three denture adhesives were divided into group I with Benfix, group II with Fittydent and group III with and Supercoreg denture adhesives. Each group had 15 complete dentures. Group IV comprised of control (No adhesive). Results: Group I had mean retention value of 812.4 gram, group II had 1092.8 gram, group III had 580.2 gram and group IV had 236.8 grams. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that maximum retention strength was found with Fiftydent denture adhesive as compared to other. Key words: Denture adhesive, Fiftydent, Supercoreg

 
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