title: Quality of life and satisfaction of patients wearing implant-supported fixed partial denture: a cross-sectional survey of patients from Araçatuba city, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and satisfaction of patients wearing implant-supported fixed partial dentures.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 106 patients were selected and submitted to clinical examination and collection of the demographic data for evaluation of the implant-supported fixed dentures conditions. All participants agreed to answer to the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-EDENT) questionnaire and another questionnaire about satisfaction with the implant-supported prostheses. The patients were classified into the following three groups for statistical analysis: patients wearing splinted implant-supported prosthesis (E), patients wearing single implant-supported prosthesis (U), and patients wearing single implant-supported prosthesis associated with splinted prosthesis (E + U). Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the answers between the groups, and a logistic regression model was measured to verify the relation between variables of the patients and the questionaries' items.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences among groups (P = 0.006) for discomfort during surgery itself of the satisfaction questionnaire. The marital status, groups, and hygiene condition were significant mainly for physical pain item.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was concluded that the patients presented high level of satisfaction and quality of life for the most of the items evaluated as well as the groups showed similar results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Araçatuba Dental School, UNESP, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Coelho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Goiato
authors.forename: Leonardo Bueno
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Torcato
authors.forename: Daniela Micheline
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Amália
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Rosse Mary Falcón
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Antenucci
authors.forename: Stefan Fiuza
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Dekon
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: dental implants; fixed implant prosthesis; quality of life