title: Treatment with double crown-retained removable partial dentures and oral health-related quality of life in middle- and high-aged patients.
abstract: The objective of this study was to assess the change in oral health-related quality of life following treatment with double crown-retained removable partial dentures (RPDs). Sixty RPDs in 54 patients (mean age: 65 years) were fabricated and retained with either galvanoformed telescopic secondary crowns (n = 30) or conical secondary crowns (n = 30). The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) was assessed pretreatment and during 6- and 12-month follow-up appointments. Patient assessment of denture-satisfaction was also recorded on a Lickert-type scale. A decrease in the OHIP-sum score was significant after treatment for both groups, but not between the experimental groups. The denture assessment showed good values for both groups. Treatment with different double crown-retained RPDs improved oral health-related quality of life.
authors: Department of Prosthodontics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Anne-Christiane_Grossmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors: Anne-Christiane
authors: AC
authors: Grossmann
authors: Alexander J
authors: AJ
authors: Hassel
authors: Oliver
authors: O
authors: Schilling
authors: Franziska
authors: F
authors: Lehmann
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Koob
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Rammelsberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric