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The use of an electronic thermometer in intraoral temperature measurement
Author(s) -
HARUN Z.,
STAFFORD G. D.,
HUGGETT R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1988.tb00158.x
Subject(s) - dentures , thermometer , dentistry , significant difference , materials science , orthodontics , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary The applicability of an electronic thermometer CRAFTEMP® in taking intraoral temperatures was determined. Sublingal temperatures in ten young subjects with complete natural dentitions, and the temperatures at the denture base–mucosa interface and on the polished surface of both maxillary and mandibular complete dentures in ten elderly patients were measured. The results showed that there was a temperature difference between the polished surface of the maxillary denture and the denture base–mucosa interface. This was statistically significant in the female but not in the male subjects. No temperature difference could be demonstrated with any of the mandibular dentures. The CRAFTEMP® was found to be a convenient and reliable method for intraoral temperature measurement.