[Consumption of dentures fixing agents and their impact on the oral mucosa of the prosthetic bed].

The aim of the study was to assess the state of the mucous membrane of the prosthetic bed, the features of fixation of removable dentures taking into account the sex and age of the patients, as well as the determination of the feasibility of using dentures fixing agents.
Materials and Methods: The clinical and sociological study was conducted involving 283 (130 men and 153 women) patients aged from 45 to 92 years. All patients had acrylic removable dentures on one or both jaws. If patients had complaints about insufficient fixation of the denture, they were recommended to use a prosthesis fixing cream for daily use. After 14 days, patients were examined again for the dynamics of complaints, as well as changes in the mucous membrane of the prosthetic bed.
Results: Regardless of gender and age group patients using partial and complete dentures rarely (in 4.3% of cases) used dentures fixing agents, although 40.8% had poor fixation and (or) stabilization of removable acrylic partial and full dentures, and in 51.9% of cases inflammatory changes of the mucous membrane of the prosthetic bed were detected. Correction of removable dentures, as well as daily use of a denture fixation cream, made it possible within two weeks to reduce by 72.5% of patients complaints about poor fixation and (or) stabilization of removable dentures, as well as to eliminate existing inflammatory changes in 86.4% of patients.