TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Satisfaction with Dentures in a Cohort of Individuals Wearing Old Dentures
T2 - Functional Quality or Patient-Reported Measures?
AU - Cerutti-Kopplin, Daiane
AU - Emami, Elham
AU - Hilgert, Juliana Balbinot
AU - Hugo, Fernando Neves
AU - Rivaldo, Elken
AU - Padilha, Dalva Maria Pereira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - complete dentures
KW - Denture quality
KW - prognostic indicators
KW - satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1111/jopr.12383
DO - 10.1111/jopr.12383
M3 - Article
C2 - 26496691
AN - SCOPUS:84949677633
SN - 1059-941X
VL - 26
SP - 196
EP - 200
JO - Journal of Prosthodontics
JF - Journal of Prosthodontics
IS - 3
ER -