A clinical comparison of active and passive functional impression techniques in edentulous elderly patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Provision of complete dentures; Z46.3; Fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device

• Registration Number: DRKS00000149
• Lead Sponsor: Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2008-03-31
• Study Start: 2009-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

> 18 years; patients with complete denture; medical indication for relining of the complete denture; consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Addiction to medication, alcohol and/or drugs;infectional disease (Hepatitis, HIV, TBC), malignant tumours; allergies to the materials used; physiological or psychological problems; subjects unwilling to participate or unable to give their consent to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparision of active and passive border moulding technique by measuring denture stability (with a gnathometer) and the number of pressure sores 4 weeks after relining

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measurement of denture stability (with a gnathometer) and pressure sores (number of pressure sores) in dependence on localisation of the complete denture (upper-jaw, lower-jaw), jaw atrophy ( measurement on plaster modells with a calliper), saliva viscosity (determination in a tube) and saliva flow rate (measuremnet with spitting method) 4 weeks after relining. Patient satisfaction was assessed by a questionnaire.