Patients' Satisfaction and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Edentulous Patients Using Conventional Complete Dentures and Implant-Retained Overdentures in Saudi Arabia.

Salwa Omar Bajunaid,Abdullah S Alshahrani,Rehab S Alanazi,Atheer N Almojel,Ahad A Aldosari,Tala M Alsulaim,Syed Rashid Habib

doi:10.3390/ijerph19010557

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010557

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare patients’ satisfaction and quality of life (QoL) when using implant overdentures vs. conventional dentures. The QoL of Saudi patients who were provided mandibular implant-supported overdentures was assessed using a structured questionnaire. Overall satisfaction; ability to speak, eat, and chew food; comfort; esthetics; stability; and satisfaction of general oral health were measured. A total of 48.3% vs. 6.9% were, overall, very satisfied with their implant overdentures and conventional dentures, respectively. A total of 37.9% of the patients were very satisfied regarding speaking with their implant overdentures vs. 17.2% with conventional dentures. Furthermore, 41.4% were very comfortable with their implant overdentures vs. 5.2% were very comfortable using conventional dentures. However, only 15.5% were very satisfied with the esthetics of the conventional dentures compared to 43.1% being satisfied with implant overdentures. Only 1.7% were very satisfied with the stability of conventional dentures vs. 44.8% being satisfied using implant overdentures. About 8.6% of the candidates were very satisfied regarding chewing food with conventional dentures vs. 36.2% being very satisfied using implant overdentures. Approximately 10.3% were very satisfied with their general oral health using conventional dentures compared to 29.3% being very satisfied using implant overdentures. Mandibular implant overdentures had a strong impact on patients’ quality of life over conventional complete dentures and should be considered the minimum standard of care provided to completely edentulous patients.

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Rehabilitation of edentulous patients with removable dentures is a long-standing procedure that was first prescribed by Purmann in 1684 [1]
Of the subjects were living in the central region of Saudi Arabia, and 29 (50%) had been using implant overdentures for more than 2 years
This study was conducted to determine the effect of using mandibular implantretained overdentures on Saudi patients’ satisfaction and quality of life (QoL) compared to using their previous conventional complete dentures

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Rehabilitation of edentulous patients with removable dentures is a long-standing procedure that was first prescribed by Purmann in 1684 [1]. It exerts a great positive impact on people’s daily life as dentures help restore an individual’s esthetics, normal oral function, and the ability to socialize [2]. Conventional removable complete dentures (which use soft tissue as means for support, retention, and stability) still fail to provide superior function and comfort for patients. In the 1990s, and after the introduction of endosseous dental implants and their use to retain and/or support removable prostheses, many authors started to evaluate the differences between conventional dentures and implant-retained overdentures [4,5].

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