NCT01616355

Evaluation of Sodium Hypochlorite as a Denture Cleanser

Denture Condition: Influence on Masticatory Performance, Volatile Sulfur Compounds and Presence of Biofilm

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study tried to integrate all aspects of denture care: patient satisfaction with the treatment, denture decontamination and base material defects after decontamination processing.

Detailed description

Considering that it is necessary to stipulate a simple and effective routine protocol for denture cleaning the aim of this study was to evaluate, in vivo, the efficacy of 0.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) as a denture cleanser and its effect on color stability and surface roughness of complete dentures. The patients' satisfaction with the denture cleaning method was also assessed.

Conditions

• Problems With Dentures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sodium hypochlorite immersion	Dentures daily immersion in a 0.5% sodium hypochlorite solution for 3 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2012-06-11
• Last updated: 2012-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil