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The Satisfaction with the Removable Partial Denture Therapy in the Croatian Adult Population
D. Knezović Zlatarić
A. Čelebić
M. Valentić-Peruzović
R. Ćelić
I. Filipović-Zore
M. Baučić
Sažetak
Little is known about the outcomes of treatment and patient’s satisfaction with removable
partial dentures in adult Croatian population. Therefore patient’s satisfaction
with their partial dentures in relation to some socio-economic variables was studied.
Patient’s satisfaction with denture retention, speech, aesthetics, comfort of wearing dentures,
chewing ability was also studied in relation to different denture classification,
construction, material, denture base shape (major connectors), denture support and the
number of missing teeth. A total of 165 patients, 59 males and 105 females between 38
and 87 years took part in this study. A questionnaire, devised for a purpose of the study,
was divided into three parts. In the first part, patients answered questions about age,
gender, marital status, education, general health, socio-economic status, self-supporting
life, period of tooth loss and number of previous denture experiences and in the second
part, patients graded their partial dentures, depending on the level of satisfaction, by
using a scale from 1 to 5. In the third part a dentist determined Kennedy classification
and their modifications, denture material and denture support, denture base shape and
the number of missing teeth and graded a denture construction. Influence of these factors
on patient’s satisfaction was analyzed. A majority of the examined patients were
satisfied with the partial prosthesis, but a small amount of dissatisfaction existed. More
then half of them scored all the examined parameters to the best score category. Considering
chewing with lower partial dentures, women were more satisfied than men (p
<0.05). Patients with more missing teeth gave lower grades for the comfort of wearing
dentures (p<0.05). Patients of higher education gave lower grades (p<0.05) for the aesthetics.
Patients were not satisfied with speech if the dentist graded a construction of alower partial denture low (p<0.05). Dissatisfaction was related to mastication, aesthetics,
number of missing teeth and ability of speech. These findings can aid a clinician in
discussing a treatment plan and help a patient understand the risk of dissatisfaction in
the presence of certain factors.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
17218
URI
Datum izdavanja:
16.12.2000.
Posjeta: 1.629 *