A six-month assessment of oral health-related quality of life of complete denture wearers using denture adhesive: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVE
Edentulism and conventional complete denture treatment have been shown to have a negative impact on oral health quality of life (OHQoL). The use of an adhesive agent can provide an alternative to implant-supported prostheses. The objective of this study was to show that new complete dentures using a denture adhesive (DA) improve oral health-related quality of life.


METHODS
The oral health QoL of 143 patients was assessed after 3 months of wearing new complete dentures. Fourteen participants presented a low geriatric oral health assessment index (GOHAI) score and were included in this study and asked to use a DA. Oral health QoL and masticatory parameters were assessed at the beginning of the study, then at 3 and 6 months.


RESULTS
Significant improvements were observed in the scores obtained for each field of GOHAI (function, pain, discomfort, psychosocial); however, even after use of the DA, no statistically significant change in masticatory parameters was found.


CONCLUSIONS
These results show that using a DA may improve subjects' ability to manage conventional dentures and enhance their oral quality of life. A larger, prospective, multicenter study is subsequently needed to confirm these results.
Nicolas
Emmanuel
E
CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service d'Odontologie, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. emmanuel.nicolas@u-clermont1.fr
Veyrune
Jean-luc
JL
Lassauzay
Claire
C
D000269:Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002611:Cheese; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000523:psychology*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D027845:Malus; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D009909:Oral Health; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014741:Video Recording
D000269:Adhesives