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Flexible removable restorations: A combined survey in Greece and Croatia

Flexible partial dentures are very common in certain countries around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate their use in Greece and Croatia. A questionnaire of 16 questions was originally prepared and translated into Greek and Croatian language. The questionnaires were uploaded in the internet and their URL addresses were sent to nearly 4000 dentists in each country in order to have an adequate predefined response. The questions of open and closed type concerned the frequency of their use, dentists’ satisfaction, dentists’ knowledge etc. Statistical analysis was based on chi-square tests p<0.05. 378 dentists from Greece and 304 from Croatia participated in the study. 36.7% of the Greek and 19% of the Croatian participants were providing flexible dentures for their patients. Statistical analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the two samples in respect to gender, age and clinical experience. Provision and reasons were also different between the two samples. There are differences between the two countries in the use, selection and provision of flexible dentures. Only 1/5 to 1/3 of the practitioners provide flexible dentures for their patients, but a high percent of them were satisfied in a 1 year follow up.

flexible dentures ; satisfaction ; knowledge

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