title: [Denture cleansing and denture stomatitis. Clinical investigation].
abstract: Three hundred patients with complete dentures were examined, to find out if there exists a relationship between denture cleansing and denture stomatitis prevalence. The study revealed that: 1. Denture stomatitis prevalence was 46%. 2. Mechanical means for denture cleansing were used by 84.67% of all patients, chemical means for denture cleansing were used by 5.33% and a combination of mechanical and chemical means by 10%. 3. Dentures with satisfactory cleanliness were used by 50.33% of the whole sample of patients and dentures with unsatisfactory cleanliness by 49.67% of all patients. 4. There exists a strong significant relationship (p less than 0.001) between dentures with unsatisfactory cleanliness and denture stomatitis prevalence. 5. There exists no significant relationship (p less than 0.05) between methods for denture cleansing and denture stomatitis prevalence.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polyzois
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimitriou
mesh_terms: D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers; D003824:Denture, Complete; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers
vernacular_title: Ygieine ton odontostoichion kai stomatitida apo odontostoichies. Klinikostatistike melete.