The impact of new complete dentures on oral health-related quality of life.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the relationship between complete dentures and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).


METHODS
Seventy-six patients were conveniently selected from the waiting list for complete dentures. At the first visit (pre-treatment) the patients were interviewed using the Oral Health Impact Profile for Edentulous Patients (OHIP-EDENT). Sixty-three of these patients were interviewed telephonically 2 to 3 months after receiving their new complete dentures (post-treatment).


RESULTS
Mean domain scores were significantly lower post-treatment for psychological discomfort and disability, social disability and handicap.


CONCLUSIONS
This study shows that after the provision of a new set of complete dentures the OHRQoL of patients improved significantly on four of the seven domains for the first 2 to 3 months post-insertion.
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Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry and WHO Collaborating Centre, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town.
Geerts
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Lalloo
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D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000523:psychology*; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric