Table 1 Mean dislodgement forces in grams with standard deviation of poorly fitting mandibular complete dentures without adhesive and at various time intervals with the use of denture adhesives

483.1

54.872

17.352

395

577

11.358

Fittydent adhesive paste

Baseline

1024.2

81.194

25.676

918

1177

7.927

1 h

1119.3

85.69

27.10

1018

1277

7.656

2 h

1207

76.540

24.204

1090

1312

6.341

Protefix adhesive cream

Baseline

825.9

58.847

18.609

723

919

7.125

1 h

931.6

48.277

15.266

858

1011

5.182

2 h

973.1

48.367

15.295

890

1020

4.970

Corega adhesive cream

Baseline

810.5

54.195

17.138

736

911

6.686

1 h

911.3

47.609

15.05

839

996

5.224

2 h

967.3

73.87

23.36

873

1110

7.636