Follow‐up visits as a measure of adaptation process to removable prostheses

Panek, H; Krawczykowska, Honorata; Dobosz, Anna; Napadłek, Piotr; Panek, Beata; Sosna-Gramza, Magdalena

doi:10.1111/j.1741-2358.2006.00091.x

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“…This finding can be explained by the anatomic problems related to progressive residual ridge resorption, which commonly results in complaints such as lack of retention, instability, and pain sensations, especially during chewing . It is also well known that edentulous patients need at least 3 months of adaptation to their new complete dentures, and that functional problems with mandibular prostheses may persist after this period . Consequently, the association between functional limitation and masticatory function may be related to the inability of rehabilitation with complete dentures to overcome the lack of retention, instability and pain sensation during chewing.…”

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Relationship Between Masticatory Function Impairment and Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life of Edentulous Patients: An Interventional Study

Miranda

Possebon

Schuster

et al. 2019

Journal of Prosthodontics

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Purpose To investigate the influence of impaired masticatory function on the oral health‐related quality of life of conventional complete denture wearers before and after the transition to implant‐retained mandibular overdentures. Materials and Methods Masticatory function and oral health‐related quality of life were evaluated in 40 edentulous patients after 3 months of adaptation to complete dentures and after transition to implant‐retained mandibular overdentures. Masticatory function was evaluated through the swallowing threshold test with a standardized portion of an artificial test food (Optocal) to determine median particle size (×50) and homogenization index (B). After the test, the masticatory function outcomes were used to categorize patients in 2 groups according to chewing performance: (i) satisfactory or (ii) unsatisfactory. The cutoff value for ×50 was based on a preestablished value of 3.68 mm, whereas for the B index, median values were adopted for categorization. The oral health‐related quality of life was analyzed via the Oral Health Impact Profile for Edentulous Adults (OHIP‐EDENT) questionnaire. The Mann‐Whitney test was used to compare masticatory function outcomes and OHIP‐EDENT scores, and associations were checked using the Spearman correlation test and multiple linear regression. Results Masticatory function was significantly correlated with functional limitation (p = 0.02) and physical disability (p = 0.04) for complete denture wearers with unsatisfactory masticatory function. After the transition to implant‐retained mandibular overdentures, only the psychological discomfort domain (p = 0.02) was influenced by the masticatory function category. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that only the functional limitation domain (p < 0.001) of the complete denture wearers was associated with masticatory function outcomes. Conclusions Implant‐retained mandibular overdentures eliminate the problems that lead to functional limitations, consequently improving masticatory function and oral health‐related quality of life of these individuals; however, patients with unsatisfactory masticatory function after transition to implant‐retained mandibular overdentures still experience more psychological discomfort.

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Relationship Between Masticatory Function Impairment and Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life of Edentulous Patients: An Interventional Study

Miranda

Possebon

Schuster

et al. 2019

Journal of Prosthodontics

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“…The need for ''three and more visits for adjustment after delivery'' was found to be significantly more common among females than males. 16 What may cause these differences in ratings by females and males? They may be explained by either physical or psychological differences between the sexes.…”

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Sex differences in denture satisfaction

Pan

Awad

Thomason

et al. 2008

Journal of Dentistry

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“…The achievement of optimum denture stability is difficult for conventional complete dentures due to a lack of predictable outcome and variation in the patient's ability to adapt to complete dentures especially in the mandible. 21 Recently, the trend toward implant prostheses has increased in edentulous patients; however, this treatment can be out of reach for patients who fail to qualify or those who do not have sufficient resources to afford it. 22 Another solution is the neutral zone concept that implies acquired muscle control by tongue, lips, and cheeks toward the denture stability.…”

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Undergraduate students’ experience and self-assessed confidence in prosthetic dentistry

Özkurt-Kayahan¹,

Dikbaş²

2016

Yeditepe J Dent

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SUMMARY Aim:The aim of this study was to assess the final year students' experience and confidence in prosthetic dentistry within a dental school in Turkey. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was prepared to assess the students' experience of clinical skills in prosthetic procedures (n:44). Twenty questions were multiple-choice;1 question was open-ended and 3 questions used a Likerttype scale ranging from 1 (very little confident) to 5 (very confident). The data were statistically analyzed. Results: Forty percent of the students thought that prosthodontics was the most difficult field in dentistry. Students rated themselves as being least confident in tooth preparation (2.89), making impression for post-core (2.84), determination of occlusal vertical dimension for complete (2.36) and removable partial dentures (2.21), followed by peripheral sealing for complete (2.50) and removable partial dentures (2.32). Conclusions: There are lots of subjects in which the students reported a lack of confidence that warrants greater emphasis in the undergraduate prosthodontic curriculum.

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Follow‐up visits as a measure of adaptation process to removable prostheses

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Relationship Between Masticatory Function Impairment and Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life of Edentulous Patients: An Interventional Study

Relationship Between Masticatory Function Impairment and Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life of Edentulous Patients: An Interventional Study

Sex differences in denture satisfaction

Undergraduate students’ experience and self-assessed confidence in prosthetic dentistry

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