title: [Clinical evaluation of masticatory function of implant supported dentures in partially edentulous patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the masticatory efficiency of implant supported dentures in partially edentulous patients and the patients' satisfaction on masticatory function.
  
  
  METHODS
  The masticatory efficiency of implant supported dentures of 22 patients were tested. The questionnaire of the patients' satisfaction about masticatory function had also been collected. The correlativity of the masticatory efficiency of implant supported dentures and the scores evaluated by patients on masticatory function were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences in masticatory efficiency between implant supported denture and non-implant supported denture (natural teeth and porcelain-fused-to-metal fixed bridges). The patients gave high scores to the satisfaction about masticatory function in the questionnaire. But the test results of masticatory efficiency were not related with the scores evaluated by patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implant supported denture could meet the requirement of normal masticatory function. The patients were satisfactory with the masticatory function of implant supported dentures, but the patients' subjective evaluation about masticatory function was probably influenced by varied factors.
authors.affiliation: Oral Medical Center, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xing-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiang-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Hui-qiang
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shao-heng
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiao-yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous; D017060:Patient Satisfaction