Abstract
PurposeThis study aimed to determine whether complete dentures improve the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of edentulous patients, and to assess any associations related to age, gender, and OHRQoL.Material and methodsHundred edentulous patients who required conventional complete denture treatment were selected for this study. The following inclusion criteria were established: edentulous in both jaws with no previous history of denture treatment and no significant medical history. The patients were selected who satisfied the criteria associated with the class I prosthodoctic diagnostic index. OHRQoL of the patients were assessed twice, once pre treatment (at the first visit) and once post treatment (8 weeks post insertion of dentures) using an instrument called OHIP-EDENT-N. Significant differences in the OHIP-EDENT-N scores between pre treatment and post treatment were calculated using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. Gender differences were assessed using the Mann–Whitney test.ResultsAfter provision of new complete dentures, all domains of the OHIP-EDENT-N showed significant improvements except physical pain and social disability.ConclusionsThe results of this study indicated that conventional complete denture improved the OHRQoL of edentulous patients.
Highlights
Health has been defined as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” by the World Health Organization
Several authors have explored the evolution of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and documented the circumstances that have led to its prominence.[2,3,4]
OHRQoL is a multidimensional idea which can be defined as a person’s assessment of how functional, psychological, social factors, pain, or discomfort affect his/her well-being in the context of oral health.[6]
Summary
After obtaining the ethical clearance from institutional ethical Mann–Whitney test. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05 review board of BPKIHS (Acd/10/071/072) for the study, 100 and p < 0.001. All analyses were carried out using statistical completely edentulous patients planned for conventional com- package for social sciences version 20 for windows (IBM SPSS plete denture treatment who fulfilled the following inclusion statistics, Chicago, IL). Criteria: complete edentulousness with no previous history of denture treatment and no significant medical history. Patients who satisfied the criteria pertaining to Class I Prostho-
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