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TO REVEAL THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF COMPLETE DENTURE WEARERS – A STUDY OF NISHTAR INSTITUTE OF DENTISTRY MULTAN

Sana Fatima, Dr Benish Pervaiz, Dr Sara Zubair

The purpose of this study was to compare the satisfaction of patients regarding retention, stability and accumulation of particles with a randomized, double-blind crossed method in users with complete dentures. Seventeen edentulous individuals were randomized and received new upper and lower complete dentures. After a period of adaptation, they participated in some masticatory tests and clinical revisions, after use the protheses with and without the use of two dentureat 0, 7 and 14 days. Satisfaction was measured immediately after each test through a survey using a VAS scale (0-10) and data were analysed with McNemar’s test with Bonferroni correction. The results showed significant differences (p <.01) between the study groups completely comfortable and partially comfortable and not comfortable groups but no significant differences were found between the two stickers for any of the variables studied. Complete denture comfort significantly improved the satisfaction of patients because a better retention, stability and less accumulation of particles of the food substitute between the denture and the mucosa is obtained compared with other group. Key words: Complete dentures, patient satisfaction, denture comfort, and clinical trials.

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