title: Wispy Prosthesis: A Novel Method in Denture Weight Reduction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stability and retention of the denture becomes at stake with the increase in weight of the denture prosthesis. As a consequence, different materials and methods have been introduced to overcome these issues but denture weight reduction still remains to be a cumbersome and strenuous procedure.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To introduce a novel technique for the fabrication of denture prosthesis where in the weight of the denture will not affect the retention and stability of the denture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four groups with a sample size of 10 each, were included where in one group was control and other three were study groups. The control group samples were made completely solid and the study group samples were packed with materials like bean balls, cellulose balls and polyacrylic fibers. The weight of all the samples of each study group was measured and compared with the control group. The observations were analyzed statistically by paired t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was observed that the bean balls group produced a weight reduction of 31.3%, cellulose balls group 27.4% and polyacrylic fibers group 24.5% when compared to that of the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This novel technique will eliminate the problems that were associated in creating hollowness and at the same time will reduce the weight of the prosthesis and among all the study groups, bean balls group were found to reduce maximum weight of the prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Department, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Gopinadh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anne
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Sreedevi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budeti
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Sampath Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Anche
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Srujana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zakkula
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Jyothi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Atla
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Ravi Rakesh Dev
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Jyothula
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Krishna Chaitanya
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Appana
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, India .
authors.forename: Vijaya Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Peddinti
keywords: Bean balls; Cellulose balls; Hollow; Obturator