A patient-based assessment of implant-stabilized and conventional complete dentures

Impact of dental care on oral health‐related quality of life and treatment goals among elderly adults

“…[6][7][8] In a three-year longitudinal study which investigated the association between routine dental care and OHRQoL among older adults, Locker 5 found that subjects who received dental care were more likely to report that their oral health had improved, compared to subjects who did not receive any care. Fiske and colleagues 9 administered a sociodental index to disabled elderly adults from the UK in order to measure change in four categories of oral disadvantage (impairment of function, comfort, selfimage and social interaction) prior to general dental treatment.…”

Comparison of patient′s satisfaction with implant-supported mandibular overdentures and complete dentures

“…[3,4] However, for some edentulous patients with certain unfavorable oral conditions or financial concerns, support for fixed partial dentures is not feasible. Therefore, overdentures retained or supported by implants have been adopted.…”

“…[6,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14] Normally, the critical concerns for most denture-wearing patients relate to appearance, speech, occlusion, and mastication functions. [3,8,15,16] It is common for clinicians to use intraoral condition, such as gingival and periodontal health, and prosthesis condition to evaluate the treatment outcome. [16,17] However, these parameters do not completely reflect the real needs of patients.…”

The effect of a domiciliary denture service on oral health related quality of life: a randomised controlled trial

“…Non-randomised studies have reported improved OHQoL for participants who received new conventional complete dentures. 11,14 In all these studies the dentures were provided in a den tal hospital rather than a domiciliary setting. Housebound patients are likely to be older and denture problems will be greatest in frail older people, whose ability to adapt to new dentures may be compromised by grossly resorbed ridges, lack of neuromuscular control, reduced mucosal tolerance, xerosto mia and negative affects such as loneliness, irritability, bore dom, anger and helplessness.…”

“…9 More recently, studies using validated quality of life measures have assessed the impact of new prostheses on the oral health related quality of life (OHQoL) of edentate patients. [10][11][12][13][14][15] Most studies have com pared outcomes from implant retained mandibular overden tures against conventional complete dentures. Non-randomised studies have reported improved OHQoL for participants who received new conventional complete dentures.…”