Oral awareness and oral motor proficiency in retchers

Summary It has been suggested that hypersensitivity and awareness of dentures are causes of retching associated with dentures and dental treatment. Oral form recognition (OFR) and oral motor (OM) ability were examined in fifty‐three pairs of retchers and controls. The retchers had all had problems with retching when wearing dentures or during dental procedures. The controls were the same sex as the retchers and were matched with them as closely as possible for age, remaining teeth and edentulous spaces. No difference in OFR and OM ability was found between the paired subjects which might indicate that increased oral awareness contributed to the retchers' symptoms.