Yazd Journal of Dental Research

Introduction: The loss of teeth and  denture use can thoroughly affect edentulous patients’ normal activities leading to a wide range of reactions in such individuals. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between their treatment satisfaction and quality of complete denture prosthesis, oral circumstances, and patients’ psychological conditions. 

Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 50 edentulous patients were randomly selected referring to prosthesis department of Yazd Dentistry School within 2011-2014 in order to receive complete denture prosthesis. Quality of patients’ complete denture prosthesis and their oral (mouth) conditions were determined via an examination form. Moreover, patients’ psychological conditions were detected using QHQ28 questionnaire and their satisfaction score in regard with their complete denture prosthesis was measured via the VAS scale. The study data were analyzed by SPSS (ver 17) applying Mann-Whitney test and Spearman correlation coefficient.

Results: In the present study, 50 patients with a mean age of 61.04±8.88 were studied, among which 33 patients(66%) were males and 17(34%) were females. There was a significant negative correlation (P=0.047, r_s= -0.283) between patients’ mean satisfaction score of the denture and their psychological conditions. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was observed between satisfaction score and quality of complete denture prosthesis (P=0.001, r_s=0.530), whereas a negative correlation (P=0.011,r_s= -0.358) was reported in regard with oral conditions.

Conclusion: The findings of the current study revealed that the higher the quality of denture was, the better patients’ psychological status was, and thus, the treatment satisfaction was higher. However, no statistically significant correlation was detected between patients’ treatment satisfaction and their oral conditions.