Survey for nursing home caregivers on the effectiveness of denture marking

Abstract

This study aimed to elucidate the situations in which denture misplacement occurs in nursing homes and to investigate the effectiveness of denture marking, in which a plate with the user’s name is placed into a removable denture and filled with a clear resin. The participants were 68 caregivers from 3 nursing homes. Pre- and post-surveys were collected 1 year after the implementation of denture marking. Among the participants, 30.9% experienced misplaced dentures, and 94.1% responded in the post-survey that denture marking would reduce the incidence of denture misplacement for other residents. These results indicate the usefulness of denture marking in nursing home residents.