Quality of Life of Complete Denture Wearers—A Comparative Study between Conventional Dentures and Acrylic Dentures with Vitamin B12 Incorporated

Abstract

Background and objectives: This paper is a sequel to the studies that focused on the optimization of the structure of classical acrylates with vitamin B12 as a template and their impact on patients’ general and local health. In this context, we aim to investigate the relationships between attitudes and behavior regarding oral health, oral health status, and quality of life related to oral health in the case of patients with conventional dentures and those with dentures improved with vitamin B12. Material and Methods: The sample size was estimated from previous studies, and 252 participants were enrolled and divided into two groups, one of which received as a treatment complete dentures with B12, and the other group was represented by complete edentulous patients treated with conventional complete dentures. The impact of oral health in general on patient satisfaction and quality of life was assessed using Oral Health Impact Profile OHIP-14 questionnaires. The descriptive statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 20.0. A value of p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Differences registered between the two groups were statistically significant in all evaluated dimensions. The largest differences were recorded for physical, psychological, and social disability as well as for the level of disability, all in favor of denture B12 wearers. Conclusions: The materials used in the treatment of complete edentation can be a future research direction that can not only improve their mechanical strength but can contribute to maintaining the superior health of the oral mucosa and can also be a way of transporting substances necessary for the normal development of the metabolism of the whole body, such as vitamin B12 in our case.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Denture Induced Stomatitis in Denture Wearers Attending Khanzad Dental Teaching Center in Erbil city

“…The aetiology of oral candidosis has been linked in part to iron deficieny anemia [22]. A lack of vitamin B12 can cause a number of oral symptoms, such as recurrent oral ulcer, xerostomia, intolerance to dental prosthesis [21]. In accordance with Elina pailloud et al, [10] we did not find a relation between deficiencies in these elements and the development of oral candidosis which increase the possibility of denture stomatitis.…”

“…Additionally, it increases the mucosal exposure to microorganisms on the dentures' fitting surface and reduse the protective effect of saliva. Despite the higher rates of day and night wearing dentures [3,21] comparing to those who take it out (17.5) in this study , the prevalence still not significant . In contrast , Sharma and Dutta have showed significant of denture stomatitis with nocturnal wearing of denture when was conducted on 580 cases in India [19] they came out with a finding that those who wear denture at night were 26 times more prone to get denture stomatitis comparing to those who take it out overnight as nocturnal wearing increases the duration of trauma especially in the case of ill fitting dentures, this variation with outcomes may be due to good oral health of our participants with daily cleansing of their dentures.…”

The Level of utilization and Satisfaction of Complete Denture Treatment Provided in Fiji from 2010-2016

“…Those who had been wearing dentures for longer had maintained better frequency of denture cleaning (R, Robin and Raj, 2015). Poor denture hygiene was reported as one factor that obviously contributed to the occurrence of various denture related complaints such as pain and discomfort (Budală et al, 2021). 29.3% participants slept with their prosthesis in mouth (Mushtaq et al, 2019).…”

Evaluation and comparison of patient satisfaction with VertexThermosens and conventional acrylic complete dentures

“…Numerous factors impact patient satisfaction with CD, such as age, gender, level of education, patient expectation of dentures, psychological characteristics of patients, patient–dentist communication issues, quality of dentures (retention, stability, fit, vertical dimension, occlusion, different denture base material, denture manufacturing technique and protocol, arrangement of teeth, and esthetics), occlusal factors, class of alveolar ridge, saliva (viscous or serous), the size of the tongue and xerostomia (Alves et al, 2018 ; Budală et al, 2021 ; Celebic et al, 2003 ; Darwish, 2021 ; Hatim & Mohi Al–Deen, 2014 ; Limpuangthip et al, 2019 ; Marchini, 2014 ; Musavi et al, 2018 ; Ohara et al, 2022 ; Oweis et al, 2022 ; Possebon et al, 2020 ; Soboleva & Rogovska, 2022 ). Several questionnaires have been created to assess the correlation between the above factors and oral health with QoL.…”