PATIENT SATISFACTION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL HEAT-CURED ACRYLIC COMPLETE DENTURE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL | ||
| Dental Science Updates | ||
| Article 8, Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 61-70 PDF (692.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/dsu.2025.295751.1239 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ahmed hebeshi* 1; moataz elmahdy2; sayed elmasry3; hala abdelhameed4 | ||
| 1removable prosthodontics, Faculty of dentistry, Suez Canal University | ||
| 2moataz_elmahdy@dent.suez.edu.eg | ||
| 3sayed_elmasri@dent.suez.edu.eg | ||
| 4hala_ali@dent.suez.edu.eg | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: Complete denture rehabilitation remains the most common choice for treating edentulism. 3D printed dentures have evolved as a new treatment modality to decrease fabrication time increase the predictability of the patient and accost an effective option compared to the milled denture. Aim: The study aimed to compare patient satisfaction of 3D printed complete dentures to conventional ones. Materials and Methods: After sample size calculation and ethical committee approval, 20 patients were selected, then randomly and equally distributed into two groups (n=10): Group A received a conventional heat-cured acrylic complete dentures and Group B received 3D printed complete dentures. Participants answered a denture satisfaction questionnaire after three months of denture delivery. Results: Printed maxillary denture wearers were significantly more satisfied than acrylic wearers with aesthetics and retention (p-value 0.05 ≥), while there was no significant difference between 3D printed and acrylic complete denture wearers for denture satisfaction, comfort, and speech (P-value ≥ 0.05(. Conclusions: Within the limitation of this study, it was concluded that 3D printed dentures showed better patient satisfaction compared to conventional heat-cured acrylic dentures, but this difference was not statistically significant for some patient satisfaction criteria such as general satisfaction, comfort, and speech. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| 3D printing; complete denture; patient satisfaction; digital denture | ||
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