Fig. 6
From: Effect of traction direction and pressure load on the palatal plate on retentive force
Retentive force measured on changing pressure loads. In all cases, the higher the pressure load, the higher tended to be the retentive force. The magnitude of the pressure load affects the retention force. NP; New Poligrip® Sa; Glaxo Smith Kline, Tokyo, Japan (cream-type denture adhesive), DM; Pitatto Kaiteki Gel®; NISHIKA (gel-type denture adhesive for dry mouth), BT; Biotene Oral balance Jell®; T&K, Tokyo, Japan (gel-type oral moisturizer), DW; Denture Wet®; DENTCARE (cream-type denture moisturizer)