Trial Outcomes & Findings for Canine Guidance vs Bilateral Balanced Occlusion in Complete Denture (NCT NCT01420536)

Recruitment period: July to December 2012. Convenience sample composed by 50 patients, who had volunteered to receive new complete dentures at Araraquara Dental School - UNESP.

Participants waited 30 days following the completion of treatment, in order to have them functionally adapted to their new dentures. Six spontaneously declined to participate before random assignment due to lack of interest.

Canine Guidance vs Bilateral Balanced Occlusion in Complete Denture

Assessed by a questionnaire questionnaire based on the criteria used by Celebic and Knezovic-Zlataric (A comparison of patient's satisfaction between complete and partial removable denture wearers. J Dent. 2003;21:445-451) and used by Souza et al. (Validation of the Brazilian versions of two inventories for measuring oral health-related quality of life of edentulous subjects. Gerodontology. 2012;29:e88-95.). Eight questions were answered according to a three-point scale (0=unsatisfactory; 1=regular; 2=good), whose sum provided a summary satisfaction score that ranged from 0 (the participant is completely dissatisfied with existing dentures) to 16 (maximum satisfaction).

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.

Mandibular physiologic movements and the pattern of maxillary denture movement during chewing, as recorded by a kinesiograph (K6-I Diagnostic System, Myotronics research Inc., Seatle, WA). Specific measures involved: (1) Mouth opening; (2) Movement of the mandible from rest position to maximal occlusion (tooth clenching position); (3) Movement of the mandible during chewing; and (4) Movement of the upper denture base during chewing. Data from each measure was not combined into new variables, and collected in a single time point after each intervention. All measures were taken according to the vertical, anteroposterior and left-right axes separately.