Factors affecting the healing of decubital lesions in patients wearing newly made dentures.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Decubital lesions or traumatic ulcers caused by dentures usually appear one or two day(s) after new dentures placement due to mismatch of the microrelief of the tissue and the microrelief of the gingival surface of the prosthesis. The study aimed to analyze factors that could influence the healing of ulcers during a one-week period after the placement of new partial and complete dentures.

Materials and methods

The prospective cohort study included 60 patients with new denture-induced traumatic ulcers. Traumatic ulcers were treated with denture adjustment, or combination of adjustment with 0.2% or 0.3% hyaluronic acid gels respectively for seven days. Healing of ulcers were observed through measurement of perimeter, area, maximum and minimum diameters on di

SUBMITTER: Jovanovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829545 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature