INTRICATE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF LEVELS OF SATISFACTION AND MAINTENANCE AMONG PATIENTS WEARING REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES; A SURVEY BASED STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Satisfaction is a basic segment in evaluating the accomplishment rate of a treatment. This study was planned to survey patient's fulfillment with removable fractional dentures (RPDs), as maintenance, retention, chewing ability, and aesthetics during the observation period. Materials and methods: An aggregate of 70 patients with RPDs, took part in this investigation. The accompanying information was gathered: Kennedy order, denture plan, denture support, satisfaction and accomplishment of RPD. Patients impression of clinical outcome of aesthetics, masticatory productivity, speech, and comfort of the RPD. Result: Achievement rate of 72.5% was seen in male contrasted and 61.3% for female. Maxillary RPDs demonstrated a higher achievement rate (72%) contrasted and the mandibular (67.7%). As many as 24,3% of respondents complained of aesthetic problems, 14.7% complained of pain during mastication, 12.9% complained of gag reflex, and 7.1% complained of phonetic problems. However, the majority of respondents (41%) had no complaints. Conclusion: The majority of the patients were happy with the nature of removable partial dentures treatment. Oral rehabilitation with RPDs ought to be applied with care when patients have high aesthetic requests.
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Anil Sharma, Amit Siwach, Laxmikanta Nayak, Vinod Kumar Tiwary
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