A Study to Determine the Efficacy of a Denture Adhesive to Seal Out Food Particles From Under the Mandibular Partial Denture

Inclusion criteria

• give written informed consent prior to their participation;
• be 18 years of age or older;
• have a Kennedy Class I or class II partial mandibular denture with a minimum of three consecutive teeth on the prosthesis;
• have a history of food particles getting under their partial, mandibular denture;
• agree not to use any denture adhesive on the day of their study visits, prior to the visit;
• agree to not participate in any other oral/dental product studies during the study;
• be willing to use or not use denture adhesive as instructed during the treatment periods;
• be willing to eat a poppy seed muffin;
• be in good general health as determined by the Investigator/designee based on a review of the medical history/update; and
• have a minimum of 4 total poppy seeds on their mandibular denture base and gingiva after eating the muffin.

Exclusion criteria

• present with any disease or conditions that could be expected to interfere with examination procedures or the subject's safe completion of the study;
• self-report that they are allergic to denture adhesives or to the test food (gluten intolerance to muffin or intolerance to poppy seeds); or
• have appliances with intracorneal attachments, crowns with precision attachments or implant overdentures:
• have any condition or medication which, in the opinion of the investigator, is currently causing xerostomia.