Naslov
Multivariate Analysis of Different Factors Affecting the Patient General Satisfaction with Complete Dentures

Autori
Kovač, Zoran ; Troskot, Zoran ; Uhač, Ivone ; Čabov, Tomislav ; Lajnert, Vlatka ; Kovačević Pavičić, Danijela ; Filipović-Zore, Irina ; Tariba, Petra

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 36 (2012), 3; 791-794

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
complete denture; edentulousness; alveolar ridge; patient satisfaction

Sažetak
The aim of the study was to investigate different factors that affect the level of patient’s general satisfaction with maxillary and mandibular complete dentures (CDs) using a multivariate analysis. A total of 100 CD wearers participated in this study. There were 46 men (37–77 years old ; mean age 62.6±9.2) and 54 women (34–77 years old ; mean age 60.9±9.3). In the questionnaire the patients answered the questions regarding gender, age, number of previous CDs worn, the present dentures’ age and denture-wearing habits. Participants rated the level of their satisfaction with the esthetics, retention, speech, mastication, sense of taste, comfort and general satisfaction with their CDs. More than 70% of the examined patients claimed all the examined variables to be the best-score category. Of the 9 factors examined, satisfaction with the mastication and esthetics, denture-wearing habits and satisfaction with retention in the maxilla explained the variability of the patients’s general satisfaction with their CDs by 72%. Satisfaction with the mastication, denture-wearing habits and satisfaction with speech and comfort in mandible explained the variability of the patients’s general satisfaction with their CDs by 79%. These findings suggest that the general patient satisfaction with maxillary CDs is related more to the mastication and retention abilities, as well as with esthetics and denture-wearing habits, while in the mandible CDs is related to mastication and speaking abilities, denture-wearing habits and comfort of wearing.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Dentalna medicina

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