Assessment of Hygiene Habits in Acrylic Denture Wearers: a Cross-sectional Study

OBJECTIVES: To assess the denture hygiene habits in a population of Lebanese denture wearers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: statistics 20.0 (USA) statistical package. RESULTS: Regardless of the cleaning technique, the big majority of our participants [123 out of 132 (93.1%)] cleaned their dentures daily. The two mostly used denture cleaning techniques were rinsing with tap water (34.1%) and brushing with toothpaste (31.8%). Nearly half of our patients (45.5%) soaked their dentures during the night; most of them with cleansing tablets dissolved in water (28.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Within the limitations of our study, it was concluded that in a sample of Lebanese population surveyed about denture hygiene habits, the daily frequency of denture cleaning is satisfactory, but the techniques and products used were self-estimated and, consequently, not sufficient.