{"title":"A study of role of flexible dentures in prosthodontics, partial edentulism, smile and esthetics","authors":"Isha Rastogi","doi":"10.18231/j.jds.2024.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Replacing missing teeth is vital and mandatory for various daily functions of mouth. Conventional acrylic dentures have been used but now flexible dentures are the latest trends. This study is done to evaluate knowledge and awareness of flexible dentures in dental professionals. A questionnaire method was used to evaluate dental professionals' knowledge and awareness of flexible dentures in patients. Few dentists showed positive response and major were not aware of it. Few knew of advantages, disadvantages, uses and materials. More research should be done in this field so as to utilize this recent option at the maximum for benefit of patients clinically.","PeriodicalId":379965,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Specialities","volume":"14 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Dental Specialities","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jds.2024.009","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Replacing missing teeth is vital and mandatory for various daily functions of mouth. Conventional acrylic dentures have been used but now flexible dentures are the latest trends. This study is done to evaluate knowledge and awareness of flexible dentures in dental professionals. A questionnaire method was used to evaluate dental professionals' knowledge and awareness of flexible dentures in patients. Few dentists showed positive response and major were not aware of it. Few knew of advantages, disadvantages, uses and materials. More research should be done in this field so as to utilize this recent option at the maximum for benefit of patients clinically.