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Detection of improvement in the masticatory function from old to new removable partial dentures using mixing ability test
Author(s) -
ASAKAWA A.,
FUEKI K.,
OHYAMA T.
Publication year - 2005
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.1365-2842.2005.01480.x
Subject(s) - dentures , masticatory force , removable partial denture , dentistry , orthodontics , mastication , medicine , wilcoxon signed rank test , mann–whitney u test
summary   The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity of the Mixing Ability Test to detect improvement of masticatory function in subjects on transition from old to new removable partial dentures. Thirty‐two subjects (seven males, 25 females, mean age 65·0 years) with distal extension partially edentulous area in mandible and/or maxilla participated in the study. The following reasons were presented for replacing the old removable partial dentures with new ones: fracture and/or poor fitness of retainers, extraction of abutment teeth, poor fitness of denture base, severe wear of artificial teeth and request for metal base dentures. Masticatory function with old and new removable partial dentures after an adaptation period (mean 27·4 weeks) was evaluated by the Mixing Ability Test. Subjects were asked to masticate five two‐coloured wax cubes with each removable partial denture. Mixing Ability Index was obtained from the colour mixture and shape of the masticated cubes. Wilcoxon signed‐rank test was used to test the difference of Mixing Ability Indexes between old and new removable partial dentures. The mixing ability indexes with new removable partial dentures (mean ± s.d.: 0·70 ± 0·68) was significantly higher ( P  < 0·001) than those with old removable partial dentures (−0·11 ± 1·13). The results suggest that the Mixing Ability Test was capable of detecting improvement in masticatory function with new removable partial dentures.

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