STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL

PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY

Conventional vs Simplified Complete Dentures

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25241/stomaeduj.2021.8(4).art.5

Abstract

Background Complete dentures are fabricated with the conventional protocol which requires two impressions -preliminary, final-, the recording of maxillomandibular relationships, two try-ins, and the delivery of the denture. The final impression is challenging, demanding, and time-consuming. Therefore, simplified methods with the omission of the final impression have been proposed.
Objective The aim of this systematic review is to compare the conventional with the simplified method according to masticatory performance and ability, patient satisfaction, oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL), denture quality, time, and cost.
Data sources An electronic search of the MEDLINE-PubMed, Scopus and Europe PMC databases was conducted by two researchers.
Study selection Randomized clinical trials, cohort clinical studies and clinical studies of complete dentures fabricated with the conventional or the simplified method were selected. Patients in need of a complete denture (Participants/Population) were divided in two categories, those who were treated with the simplified technique (Intervention) and those who were treated with the conventional technique (Comparison).
Data extraction Between these two categories various outcomes were examined: masticatory performance and ability, patient satisfaction, OHRQoL, denture quality, time, and cost.
Data synthesis 19 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Moreover, two systematic reviews and one meta-analysis of the same topic were included. Cost and time differed significantly between the two methods favoring the simplified protocol.

Keywords
Conventional Complete Dentures; Simplified Complete Dentures; Patient Satisfaction; Clinical Outcomes; Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL)

PUBLISH WHIT US

We are celebrating 10 years of continuous publication and 30 issues released!
For over ten years, the Stomatology Edu Journal (Stoma Edu J) has been publishing for academic readers, scholars, and general dental practitioners.

If you have reviewed the current issue and found articles of interest, we invite you to submit your own paper to the Stomatology Edu Journal for the next issue at

Your choice is supported by the following arguments offered by the Stomatology Edu Journal:

Fast — rapid review and publication

Rigorous — peer-reviewed by at least two members of the academic community

Open — articles are freely available to all

Visible — enhanced browsing and searching to ensure your article is noticed

Global — worldwide media coverage

STATEMENT

STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL (Stoma Edu J) is a new international dental journal whose main purpose is to inform researchers, educators, graduates, postgraduates and practitioners about the latest trends in the field, which followed, would bring immediate and lasting benefits to the patients; and about opinions of the most authorized specialists on what is best in current practice, for the good of both, patient and dentist.
STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL (Stoma Edu J) is a peer-reviewed, open access international dental journal to be database indexed, meant to contribute to the development and completion of the medical training of practitioners as Dr. Greene Vardiman Black stated: “the professional man has no right to be other than a continual student”.
Open access journal, means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.