Takami Hirono Hotta1, Flávia Cristina Targa Coimbra1, Millena Mangueira Rocha1, Marcelo Palinkas1,2,3*, Paulo Batista de Vasconcelos1, Nicole Barbosa Bettiol1, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo1,3, Helena de Freitas Oliveira Paranhos1, Cláudia Helena Lovato Silva1 and Wilson Matsumoto1
1Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2Faculty Anhanguera, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
3National Institute and Technology - Translational Medicine (INCT.TM), São Paulo, Brazil
*Corresponding Author: Marcelo Palinkas, Professor, Department of Oral and Basic Biology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Received: March 09, 2020; Published: May 06, 2020
The loss of teeth can produce important alterations in the stomatognathic system, affecting bone structures, oral mucosa and occlusal force. Our study aimed to evaluate the maximum molar bite force, and pressure of the tongue and lips of elderly subjects, before and after 4 months of treatment with complete dentures. Fifteen subjects were submitted to treatment with maxillary and mandibular complete dentures. The maximum molar bite force (right and left) was measured using a digital dynamometer. The pressure of the tongue and lips were measured with the Iowa Oral Pressure Instrument (IOPI). The data were analyzed using the repeated measure test (SPSS 21.0; p ≤ .05). Significant differences were found in the right molar bite force (p = .001), left molar bite force (p = .001) and lip pressure (p= .04). It was observed an increase in the maximum molar bite force and lip pressure after oral rehabilitation with complete dentures. Elderly subjects presented improved results in relation to the bite force and lip pressure after four months of treatment with complete dentures.
Keywords: Complete Denture; Elderly; Bite Force; Tongue; Lips
Citation: Marcelo Palinkas., et al. “Impact of Complete Dentures in the Elderly: Analysis of Bite Force and Pressure of the Tongue and Lips” Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.6 (2020): 04-08.
Copyright: © 2020 Marcelo Palinkas., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.