TY - JOUR ID - TI - Denture Stomatitis in an Edentulous Iraqi Patients AU - Ghada M. Mustafa B. D. S. M.Sc. د. غادة مصطفى PY - 2006 VL - 3 IS - 3 SP - 255 EP - 258 JO - MUSTANSIRIA DENTAL JOURNAL مجلة المستنصرية لطب الاسنان SN - 26188500 18138500 AB - Denture related stomatitis is an inflammatory process that mainly involves thepalatal mucosa when it is covered by complete or partial dentures; it appears frequentamong denture wearer and varies widely. Fifty patients were examined in this study,66% of them had denture stomatitis. This study aimed to evaluate the presence ofdenture stomatitis in denture wearers' patients, and to know the relation betweendenture age, denture hygiene, and denture cleansing with denture stomatitis.Results of the present study showed that poor denture hygiene was associated withhigh percentage of denture stomatitis.Also low percent of denture stomatitis appeared in the denture wearers of 3-4times/ day denture cleansing.The percentage of reduction in the prevalence of denture stomatitis was clear innewly or less years wearing dentures.

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