Lazareva, Tatjana and Spasova , Anastasija and Kocovski, Darko and Zlatanovska, Katerina (2018) Oral health related quality of life on patients with partial removable dentures. In: First International Students Congress in Dental Medicine - 2018, 28-29 March 2018, Stip, Macedonia.
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Abstract
Introduction: Removable partial dentures are complex devices that results with difficulty in the patient's functioning. The purpose of the study was to determinate the quality of life of patients with different types of removable partial dentures.
Material and Methods: This study included 80 respondents from Radovish. They were divided into 3 groups from which group B was divided into 2 subgroups, group A - patients treated with acrylic (classical) partial dentures, group B1 - patients treted with cast partial dentures with cast clasps, B2 - patients treated with cast partial dentures retinated with attachments, group C - patients treated with flexible partial dentures. For the purposes of this study, a questionnaire was made for the quality of life of patients: anamnestic data, data on physical, social and physiological disability, functional limitations, physical pain and personal satisfaction of the patient. An intraoral and extraoral examination was also performed. Patients were examined 1 year after treatment.
Results: All patients show a increase of personal satisfaction. Patients from subgroup B2 and group C show at least the adverse effects of wearing their dentures. Group A and subgroup B1 show the most of the adverse effects primarily in terms of functional limitation and physical pain.
Conclusion: In general, the quality of life is improved with removable partial dentures, depending on the type of prosthetic device at a higher or lower level.
Keywords
attachments, functional limitations, partial dentures, patients.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Katerina Zlatanovska |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2018 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2018 11:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/19926 |
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