Self-reported assessment of intraoral prostheses among patients attending the prosthodontic department in a dental institute in India

Geriatrics & Gerontology International
Kamal ShigliGangadhar Shivappa Angadi

Abstract

This study was conducted to provide a patient assessment of intraoral prostheses among subjects who reported to the Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum. A nine-item self-designed closed-ended questionnaire was recorded followed by a clinical examination. Patients who reported in a period of 2 months and had at least one prosthesis with a duration of usage of at least 1 month were included for the study. Collected data was statistically analyzed using the chi(2)-test at a significance level of P < 0.05. The questionnaire was answered by 125 patients, 72 completely edentulous and 53 partially edentulous, with age ranging 16-84 years (mean age, 54.13 +/- 17 years). There was a wide variation in the duration of usage of prostheses, ranging 3 months to 27 years. Statistically, a highly significant difference was found between age and duration of prostheses (chi(2) = 77.29, P < 0.001), between the type of prostheses being used with age and opinion with existing prostheses. When opinion regarding existing prostheses was compared with sex, age and duration of prostheses being used, a statistically significant difference was found between opinion with existing prostheses and age, sex and duration of prost...Continue Reading

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