Year: 2023 | Month: November | Volume: 13 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231101
A Survey to Assess Patients’ Satisfaction After Complete Denture Rehabilitation in Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Md. Zabirunnisa Begum1, Dr. B. Naveen Bopanna2, Dr. G. Anvesh3, Dr. Kiran karthik4, Dr. B. Shantipriya5, Dr. M. Vaishnavi Devi6
1,2,3,4,5Department of Public Health Dentistry, 6Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
1,2,3,4,5,6Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Md. Zabirunnisa Begum
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Edentulism is a devastating and irreversible condition and is described as the “final marker of disease burden for oral health”. Teeth loss effects mastication, speech, and may result in poor esthetics which in turn affect the quality of life. As Successful rehabilitation with a complete denture does not only depend on factors altered by dentist and lab fabrication, patient-dependent factors are also a major concern.
Aim: To assess patients’ satisfaction after complete denture rehabilitation.
Objectives: To evaluate the satisfactory parameters of patient and assess the patient’s priority during denture delivery.
Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on eighty geriatric patients who have received full mouth rehabilitation- complete removable dentures and have visited for follow up and maintenance were included. Patients who were suffering from systemic medical conditions and not willing to participate are excluded. A structured questionnaire was designed to rate the status of denture satisfactory parameters using five-point Likert’s scale. Data was analyzed by using SPSS software v.29.0. The independent t-test was employed to compare denture satisfactory parameters with age, gender and duration of denture usage. The p ≤ 0.05 was taken as statistically significant.
Results: The present study shows there is 68% of overall patient satisfaction. after denture rehabilitation. It was found that pain while wearing new denture and swallowing difficulty have gradually decreased with the duration (p= 0.000 and p= 0.008 respectively). 65% of the subjects felt slight difficulty in articulation and 47.5% of the subjects confronted discomfort like clicking dentures in the beginning which gradually reduced with duration ((p=0.000; p= 0.117 respectively). The present study concluded that the esthetic, speech, comfort, functional and overall satisfaction parameters of complete denture treatment were satisfied and significant. Hence assessment of patient satisfaction should be a routine part of dental practice.
Key words: Patients’ satisfaction, Full mouth Rehabilitation, Geriatric Patients, Edentulism, Complete Removable Dentures.