Predictors of Satisfaction with Dentures in a Cohort of Individuals Wearing Old Dentures: Functional Quality or Patient-Reported Measures?

Daiane Cerutti-Kopplin, Elham Emami, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert, Fernando Neves Hugo, Elken Rivaldo, Dalva Maria Pereira Padilha

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Abstract

Purpose: To examine the extent to which denture satisfaction can be determined by a measure of the denture's functional quality and by patient-reported measures. Materials and Methods: This study used data obtained from 117 edentulous individuals with a mean age of 73.7 (SD = 5.6) years in southern Brazil. The edentulous individuals rated their levels of general satisfaction with their actual dentures, using a visual analog scale. Explanatory variables included the individual's information about ability to chew, ability to speak, esthetics, and sociodemographic factors. The dentures were evaluated using the validated 9-item Functional Assessment of Dentures instrument. Bivariate statistical analyses and Poisson regression models (prevalence ratio [PR]; 95% CI; p < 0.05) were used to test the association of explanatory variables with patients’ general satisfaction with their complete dentures. Results: There was a statistically significant association between patients’ general satisfaction and stability of maxillary (rocking movement) (adjusted PR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.07–1.52) and mandibular dentures (occlusal displacement) (adjusted PR = 1.68; 95% CI: 1.16–2.43), masticatory ability (adjusted PR = 1.54; 95% CI: 1.08–2.19), and the age of the mandibular denture (adjusted PR = 1.47; 95% CI: 1.10–1.97). Conclusions: The results of this study indicated that measures of denture stability, masticatory ability, and age of dentures appeared to be determinants of patients’ satisfaction with dentures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)196-200
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Prosthodontics
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2017

Keywords

  • complete dentures
  • Denture quality
  • prognostic indicators
  • satisfaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Dentistry

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