Removable denture-related oral mucosal lesions: descriptive clinical study

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between removable denture-related oral mucosal lesions and denture type, and demographic characteristics. Materials and Method: The age, sex, denture type, systemic condition and medication use, presence of denture-related oral mucosal lesions (DROML), their locations and patients’ awareness of above mentioned lesions were recorded for 199 patients. Pearson chi-square test was used to analyse the relationship between the DROML and denture type, and demographic characteristics of the patients. Results: Among the patients included to the study, 122 (61.3%) were female and 77 (38.7%) were male. Ninety-six patients (48.2%) exhibited DROML, whereas 103 patients (51.8%) had no DROML. No relationship was detected between DROML and age, and sex (p>0.05). The most commonly detected DROML was denture stomatitis (34.7%). Denture stomatitis was significantly more frequently seen in partial denture wearers (p<0.05), while epulis fissuratum and flabby ridge were statistically more frequent in complete denture wearers (p<0.001). Traumatic ulcer was more frequently found in mandibular complete denture wearers (p<0.05), while epulis fissuratum and flabby ridge were significantly more common in maxillary complete denture wearers (p