Aim: this study aims to compare Parkinson's patient's satisfaction with different partial dentures constructed materials (acrylic and flexible partial dentures)
Subjects and methods: The total number of patients who participated in this study was 10 patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, selected at the prosthetic department, faculty of dentistry, Cairo university, and estimated according to inclusion criteria that complained of missing more than three teeth of their upper or lower arch and require a removable partial denture (RPD). Initially, all patients received a hard acrylic resin partial denture and inserted for one month, then followed by a wash-out period for 7 days, and a cross-over protocol was carried out by placing the flexible removable partial denture for 1 month. after each study period (one month of hard acrylic and one month of flexible removable partial dentures) a modified structural questionnaire was used to collect data at a significance level of < 0.05.
Results: there was a significant difference in patients' satisfaction with flexible RPD than with conventional acrylic RPD.
Conclusion: The results showed a significant difference in satisfaction for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) between the hard acrylic denture base and the flexible removable partial denture base.