[Oral hygiene in complete denture wearing patients].

This study was done to determine the oral hygiene status of 104 patients wearing complete dentures, by modified Schubert-Schubert Index. These patients who were aged 28--76 were classified according to prosthesis wearing periods, such as 1--5 years, 6--10 years, 11--15 years and more than 15 years and assessed the oral hygiene status of them related to their prosthesis wearing years. In the second part of this study, a part of patients were given the oral hygiene education by means of brochures. After these patients became accustomed to their new complete dentures, old and new oral hygiene status of the patients were evaluated statistically. As a result, as the prosthesis wearing periods increased, oral hygiene levels decreased.