PATIENT SATISFACTION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL HEAT-CURED ACRYLIC COMPLETE DENTURE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Abstract

Introduction: Complete denture rehabilitation remains the most common choicefor treating edentulism. 3D printed dentures have evolved as a new treatment modalityto decrease fabrication time increase the predictability of the patient and accost aneffective option compared to the milled denture. Aim: The study aimed to comparepatient satisfaction of 3D printed complete dentures to conventional ones. Materialsand Methods: After sample size calculation and ethical committee approval, 20patients were selected, then randomly and equally distributed into two groups (n=10):Group A received a conventional heat-cured acrylic complete dentures and Group Breceived 3D printed complete dentures. Participants answered a denture satisfactionquestionnaire after three months of denture delivery. Results: Printed maxillary denturewearers were significantly more satisfied than acrylic wearers with aesthetics andretention (p-value 0.05 ≥), while there was no significant difference between 3D printedand acrylic complete denture wearers for denture satisfaction, comfort, and speech(P-value ≥ 0.05(. Conclusions: Within the limitation of this study, it was concludedthat 3D printed dentures showed better patient satisfaction compared to conventionalheat-cured acrylic dentures, but this difference was not statistically significant for somepatient satisfaction criteria such as general satisfaction, comfort, and speech.