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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1895</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A STUDY TO EVALUATE AND COMPARE ORAL STEREOGNOSTIC ABILITY AND ORAL TACTILE SENSIBILITY OF SATISFIED AND DISSATISFIED SUBJECTS WEARING COMPLETE DENTURE PROSTHESIS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Prasad</surname><given-names>Anupama</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hegde</surname><given-names>Chethan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D.</surname><given-names>Krishna Prasad</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>139</fpage><lpage>145</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Context: Evaluating oral stereognostic ability and tactile sensibility in subjects wearing complete denture prosthesis may provide not only useful information about the sensory abilities__ampersandsignnbsp;of denture patients, but may also aid in interpreting the role of adaptation and adjustment to thecomplete denture prosthesis and its co-relation with advancing age. Aim: To evaluate and compare oral stereognostic ability and oral tactile sensibility of subjects wearing removable complete denture prosthesis. Settings and Design: Subjects who are wearing complete denture prosthesis for a period of more than six months .__ampersandsignnbsp;A set of six three dimensional test pieces with different shapes. A standardized, sterilized, machine rolled cotton bud. Materials and Methods: Denture satisfaction of subjects wearing complete denture prosthesis was analysed with the help of a questionnaire. A set of six three dimensional test pieces with different shapes were used for the assessment of oral stereognostic ability of the subject .__ampersandsignnbsp;Another set of same shapes but larger to correlate the shape of the test piece in the mouth with the one on display. The stereognostic ability to identify the shape was scored. A standardized, sterilized, machine rolled cotton bud was used for the assessment of oral tactile sensibility. The sensual perception when the bud lightly touched the dorsal surface of the tongue was assessed by the time taken by the subject to respond to the sense of touch. Statistical analysis used: Statistical analysis carried out using Spearman__ampersandsignlsquo;s rho, and Mann- Whitney U test . Results : There was high negative correlation(p__ampersandsignlt;0.05) between oral__ampersandsignnbsp;stereognostic ability and denture satisfaction ,no significant correlation(p=0.498) between denture satisfaction and tactile sensation. Conclusion: As the oral stereognostic ability increased, denture satisfaction decreased .Oral tactile sensibility and patient denture satisfaction had no correlation.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>oral stereognosis</kwd><kwd> oral tactile sensibility</kwd><kwd> denture satisfaction.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
