title: Oral health-related quality-of-life in patients to be treated with fixed or removable partial dental prostheses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of this study were to measure and describe the Oral Health-Related Quality-of-Life (OHRQoL) in a population about to receive removable dental prostheses (RDP) or fixed dental prostheses (FDP).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Oral Health Impact Profile 49 (OHIP-49) was completed by 410 patients about to receive treatment with either RDP or FDP. Objective variables were: gender, age, number of teeth, type of replacement planned (FDP/RDP) and location (one jaw or both) and zone (aesthetic/masticatory/both) of missing teeth to be replaced.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women had a worse OHRQoL than men in the RDP group. Higher age was significantly correlated with a better OHRQoL independent of treatment modality. Participants about to receive FDP in one jaw in the masticatory zone only had a better OHRQoL than RDP participants in the same group. The most frequently reported problems in all groups concerned functional limitations, discomfort and physical disabilities. Little variance in reported items was seen between the sub-groups and social handicap was not frequently reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The difference in OHRQoL between participants about to receive RDP and FDP was limited. The most frequently reported problems concerned functional limitations, discomfort and physical disabilities. Social handicap was not frequently reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark. eboz@sund.ku.dk
authors.forename: Esben Boeskov
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Özhayat
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gotfredsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult