Effect of resilient liner on masticatory efficiency and general patient satisfaction in completely edentulous patients

Objectives: To assess the effect of resilient lined denture on patient masticatory efficiency, general patient satisfaction and denture quality as compare to conventional complete denture over a period of one year. Material and methodology: A total of 28 completely edentulous patients (14 males and 14 females) aged 45 to 60 years, having well-formed ridges were selected following iclusion exclusion criteria. These were divided into two equal groups, i.e. control (provided conventional mandibular complete denture –group 1) and experimental (provided mandibular denture lined with acrylic soft denture liner – group 2). All patients were clinically evaluated to assess the denture quality, and administered questionnaires for  masticatory efficiency and patients general satisfaction level at three intervals i.e. one month (T0), 6 months (T1) and 1 year post-insertion (T2). Results: Statistical analysis for individual question for masticatory efficiency showed significantly higher score (P.05) on inter-group comparison. Time dependant intra-group comparison for patient general satisfaction score also showed no significant difference in scores for almost all the questions for both the groups. Statistical analysis for denture quality showed dentures in experimental group have significantly higher (P