title: Comparison of patients' appreciation of 500 complete dentures and clinical assessment of quality.
abstract: To compare patients' appreciation and clinical assessment of quality of complete dentures 500 patients attending a dental teaching hospital for provision of new complete dentures were recruited. In each case denture quality was assessed by an experienced prosthodontist using a validated classification of aspects of denture quality. Patients graded their appreciation of features of the dentures on a four point scale. Multiple correspondence analysis demonstrated close correspondence between dentist and patient appreciation of dentures when the dentures were rated as poor, but little or no correspondence when dentists or patients rated the dentures highly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Guy's Dental Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fenlon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sherriff
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care