Research Article

Influence of Denture Cleansers on the Retention Loss of Attachment Systems Retained Implant Overdenture

Table 5

Mean values, SDs, and significance of retention loss of the two Locator systems in different solutions at the defined time points.

Recall timeVariableLocator mean (SD)Locator R-TX mean (SD)Locator (R-TX)−locator mean difference (SD)P value

T1Water61.34 (4.44)63.39 (3.49)2.05 (1.79)0.2669
Corega57.08 (1.09)64.22 (4.56)7.14 (1.48)0.0007
Fittydent52.89 (2.36)67.74 (1.80)14.85 (0.93)<0.0001
NaOCI47.78 (1.44)59.48 (0.88)11.70 (0.534)<0.0001

T2Water51.45 (3.27)65.54 (7.31)14.09 (2.53)<0.0001
Corega25.38 (0.65)42.20 (0.90)16.82 (0.35)<0.0001
Fittydent30.08 (1.31)41.42 (2.25)11.34 (0.82)<0.0001
NaOCI18.22 (1.72)41.34 (1.86)32.12 (0.80)<0.0001

value <0.05 is significant.