LEVEL OF PATIENTS’ SATISFACTION WITH THEIR COMPLETE REMOVEBLE PROSTHESES

Abstract

Taking into consideration the fact that new removable dentures are prepared for edentulous patients of varying ages to improve life-important functions, the dominant criterion for evaluating patient’s satisfaction is the patient's subjective feelings about the dentures. This study is aimed at assessing the level of satisfaction with new removable dentures, manufactures less than a year ago.
 The study included 40 patients with new removable prostheses manufactures within the time period of 3 months to a year before the enrolment. In order to determine patients' satisfaction with their complete dentures, we developed a questionnaire based on a five-level Likert scale, where each respondent could rate their satisfaction with a particular criterion for using complete dentures, from "completely dissatisfied" to "fully satisfied". The statistical analysis of the findings obtained was carried out using the standard IBM SPSS statistics (v.21) software package, employing various methods of descriptive statistics.
 The investigation has demonstrated that among the 40 removable denture wearers, men prevail. 45.0% of patients rated the restoration of the aesthetic configuration of their appearance after the placement of a removable prosthesis as the highest. The profile appearance of the prosthesis and the aesthetics of the false teeth completely satisfied 25.0% (10/40) and 20.0% (8/40) of patients, respectively. The functional effectiveness of removable dentures according to by the Lykert scale was 1.2 times lower for the total assessment of the aesthetic parameters of the constructs (p < 0.05). A quarter of the respondents appreciated the improvement of their chewing function and the quality of fixation of prostheses in the oral cavity.