Evaluation of Patients’ Satisfaction with the Complete Denture made in Prosthodontics Department of Dentistry Faculty, Tabriz, Iran 2017

Abstract

Aim: In this study, patient’s satisfaction with complete denture made in prosthodontics department of Tabriz dentistry faculty was evaluated based on the residual alveolar ridge.Materials and methods: This retrospective study was carried out on 60 patients referred to the Prosthodontics Department of Tabriz Dentistry School by through completing questionnaires and clinical examination. Data from the study were analyzed using SPSS 17 software. In this study, p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: In this retrospective study, 61.5 % of participants were male and mostly in the age group of 30 to 40 years. 43.3 % of patients had Ridge Class II, 56.7 % Class had ridge class III. None of the studied patients, had class four or one ridge. The results of present study showed well that satisfaction of patients, in some cases, has a significant relation according to the residual ridge conditions of the patient one and three months after delivery of prosthesis. Satisfaction rate was higher in patients with ridge class II. Moreover, satisfaction of patients showed an increase in three-month intervals.Conclusion: 38.4 % of patients sowed satisfaction with their new teeth three months after prosthesis delivery. Satisfaction of patients was because of chewing soft food; overall capability of chewing, talking easily, the retention of dentures and denture satisfaction was higher in patients with Class II boats.

Evaluation and comparison of patient satisfaction with VertexThermosens and conventional acrylic complete dentures

“…Similar findings have been reported by other authors, although by using other questionnaire instruments (Čelebić & Knezović-Zlatarić, 2003;Km et al, 2021;Musavi et al, 2018;Mushtaha et al, 2020;Nazeer et al, 2016). In addition, improvement was observed also in clinical objective status.…”

“…Numerous factors impact patient satisfaction with CD, such as age, gender, level of education, patient expectation of dentures, psychological characteristics of patients, patient–dentist communication issues, quality of dentures (retention, stability, fit, vertical dimension, occlusion, different denture base material, denture manufacturing technique and protocol, arrangement of teeth, and esthetics), occlusal factors, class of alveolar ridge, saliva (viscous or serous), the size of the tongue and xerostomia (Alves et al, 2018 ; Budală et al, 2021 ; Celebic et al, 2003 ; Darwish, 2021 ; Hatim & Mohi Al–Deen, 2014 ; Limpuangthip et al, 2019 ; Marchini, 2014 ; Musavi et al, 2018 ; Ohara et al, 2022 ; Oweis et al, 2022 ; Possebon et al, 2020 ; Soboleva & Rogovska, 2022 ). Several questionnaires have been created to assess the correlation between the above factors and oral health with QoL.…”