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DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY EVALUATING DENTURE CALCULUS REMOVAL PROPERTIES OF VINEGAR SOLUTION
Objectives: Lack of hygiene maintenance can lead to plaque and calculus formation on oral appliances which may lead to aesthetically unpleasing oral appliances as well as halitosis and oral infections. Previous in-vitro studies have shown vinegar solution has anti-microbial as well as can denture calculus removal properties. In this double-blind multicenter study, denture calculus removal property of a novel vinegar solution was investigated using in-vivo model on removable prosthetic dentures and orthodontic retainers.
Methods: Twenty-four patients were randomly assigned in 2 groups and instructed to immerse their oral appliances in either novel vinegar solution or reverse osmosis purified water (control) for 2 hours/session twice a week for 1 month. Representative surfaces of 17 prosthetic dentures obtained from 11 patients and 13 orthodontic retainers from 10 patients were analyzed for changes in denture calculus coverage following immersion using digital image-based planimetric analysis. Two-way ANNOVA was carried out to compare the mean difference in calculus removal according to the type of dental appliance and immersion solution (p≤0.05).
Results: The study showed that the novel vinegar solution had highly statistically significant differences (p<0.01) in mean denture calculus removal from both groups of removable dental appliance as compared to the control. Furthermore, there were no statistical differences in calculus removal between the two types of oral appliances when immersed in vinegar solution.
Conclusions: The use of vinegar as a denture cleansing solution proved to be significantly effective in removing denture calculus from both types of removable dental appliance as compared to the control. Therefore, vinegar can serve as a viable alternative denture cleansing agent.
Methods: Twenty-four patients were randomly assigned in 2 groups and instructed to immerse their oral appliances in either novel vinegar solution or reverse osmosis purified water (control) for 2 hours/session twice a week for 1 month. Representative surfaces of 17 prosthetic dentures obtained from 11 patients and 13 orthodontic retainers from 10 patients were analyzed for changes in denture calculus coverage following immersion using digital image-based planimetric analysis. Two-way ANNOVA was carried out to compare the mean difference in calculus removal according to the type of dental appliance and immersion solution (p≤0.05).
Results: The study showed that the novel vinegar solution had highly statistically significant differences (p<0.01) in mean denture calculus removal from both groups of removable dental appliance as compared to the control. Furthermore, there were no statistical differences in calculus removal between the two types of oral appliances when immersed in vinegar solution.
Conclusions: The use of vinegar as a denture cleansing solution proved to be significantly effective in removing denture calculus from both types of removable dental appliance as compared to the control. Therefore, vinegar can serve as a viable alternative denture cleansing agent.