Polident Overview
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Products for patients with removable dental appliances
For patients with dentures:
The transition from natural teeth to dentures can be challenging, with patients new to dentures often having unrealistic expectations for their dentures.1,2
Polident helps patients maintain optimal denture performance and hygiene.
Polident denture adhesives are:
- Clinically proven to improve hold for 12 hours*
- Clinically proven to significantly improve retention, food seal and comfort even with well-fitting dentures*
*vs no adhesive
Common oral health conditions seen in patients with dentures
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Denture wearers may have other oral health conditions
- As many as 48% of denture wearers suffer from xerostomia.*3
- As many as 67% of elderly full denture wearers have denture stomatitis.5
*In a study conducted by Takayama et al. 2005
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Food trapped under dentures
As many as 86% of denture wearers complain of food getting trapped under their dentures.4
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Sub-optimal cleaning
Patients may adopt sub-optimal cleaning routines e.g. soap or bleach.6
Patients may struggle adapting to their denture and effective daily hygiene routines
Discover the technologies powering the Polident range
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Polident denture adhesives
Polident adhesives are clinically proven to significantly improve retention, food seal and comfort with well-fitting dentures.*
*vs, no adhesive
Discover the Polident range for patients with removable dental appliances
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Polident denture adhesives
Polident adhesives are clinically proven to significantly improve retention, food seal and comfort with well-fitting dentures*
*vs no adhesive
Find out more about Polident
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Caring for removable dental appliances
Find out more about advising your patients with dentures to care for their removable dental appliances.
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