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Clinical evaluation of the maxillary speech obturator constructed of two different denture base materials in patients with soft palatal defects

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Objectives: This study intended to evaluate the retention and patient satisfaction of two different denture base materials in the maxillary speech obturator in patients with soft palatal defects. Methodology: Ten patients with unilateral hard and soft palate defects were carefully chosen from the Maxillofacial Prosthodontic Unit, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University. The patients were randomly divided into two groups. Group I received maxillary speech obturators constructed with soft acrylic applied on the posterior part of the obturator . Group II: received maxillary speech obturators constructed with versacryl applied on the posterior part of the obturator. Results: Regarding to the retention outcomes were revealed that (Group I) showed a statistically significant higher mean retention values than (Group II) in all intervals after 1week of insertion, 1month, 3 months and 6 months . while Regarding to the patient satisfaction results of this study was revealed that (Group I) showed a higher statistically significant mean values of patient satisfaction scores regarding evaluation of the masticatory efficiency , speech evaluation than (Group II) only after 6 month . On the other hand, regarding to stability and comfort evaluations there were non statistically significant difference between the two groups in the whole intervals.

DOI

10.21608/adjc.2023.175809.1193

Keywords

maxillary speech obturator, retention, patient satisfaction, Flexible acryl

Authors

First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Elkady

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

d_elkady@hotmail.com

City

ElObour

Orcid

0000-000348929145

First Name

Mai

Last Name

Helmy

MiddleName

Adel

Affiliation

Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

mai.helmy@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

City

new cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-8417-4408

Volume

5

Article Issue

3

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42407

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2022-12-14

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

478

Page End

487

Print ISSN

2636-302X

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2636-3038

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688

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Advanced Dental Journal

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Clinical evaluation of the maxillary speech obturator constructed of two different denture base materials in patients with soft palatal defects

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24 Dec 2024