title: A survey of complete denture patients experiencing difficulties with their prostheses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate the problems faced by patients having complete dentures and the cleanliness of dentures by the patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study is done with a sample of 178 patients having complete prosthesis since 1 year. A self-administered structured questionnaire pretested through a pilot survey was used in the study. The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 16.0. The Student's t-test, ANOVA and post hoc test were used as test of significance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mastication discomfort and looseness of denture were the most common complaints followed by lack of retention (35.4%), bad breath (29.8%), tongue restriction (26.4%) and food accumulation (24.7%). There was a significant relationship of complaints with age groups (p=0.00).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study concluded that most of the patients were present with complaints due to dentures. So, dental professionals should pay serious attention to their patients for subjective acceptable result of the dentures and also advice them to properly maintain hygiene of dentures.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Amargadh, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, e-mail: sandesh.gosavi@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Sandesh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gosavi
authors.forename: Mohsin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghanchi
authors.forename: Shambhvi Anil
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Pronob
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanyal
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003819:Denture Bases; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006209:Halitosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012737:Sex Factors; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology