Complete Denture Tooth Movement in Digital Light Processing Versus Conventional Fabrication Techniques

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Rapid Prototyping in Dentures

Treatments: Other: Complete Denture; Other: Rapid prototyped denture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04025697

Rapid Prototyping Dentures

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purposes of this study are to compare the denture tooth movement, the amount of occlusal adjustment needed and the chairside time required for CAD-CAM and conventional dentures.

PICOT Format:

P: completely edentulous patients. I: Complete denture fabricated by digital light processing method. C: Complete denture fabricated by the conventional method.

O:

Primary Outcome: Denture tooth movement

Secondary outcomes:

• Amount of occlusal adjustments needed
• Chairside time T: Three months with a wash-up period of 2 weeks

Enrollment: 14 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ranging from 40-70 years.
• Cooperative patients with no history of psychological diseases.
• Completely edentulous patients with types I, II and III mandibles according to McGarry et al.

Exclusion criteria

• Pathological changes of residual ridges
• Patients with xerostomia.
• Patients with flabby ridges.
• Temporomandibular disorders and neuromuscular disorders e.g. Parkinson's disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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14 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Conventional CD

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

A conventional Complete denture will be constructed and the amount of denture tooth movement will be measured

Treatment:

Other: Complete Denture

Rapid Prototyped Denture

Active Comparator group

Description:

A digital light processed denture will be constructed and the amount of tooth movement will be measured

Treatment:

Other: Rapid prototyped denture