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A RESEARCH SSTUDY TO DETERMINE COMMONLY REPORTED COMPLAINTS BY PATIENTS USING RPD: REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE

Dr. Shuaa Iftikhar, Dr Shaharyar Muzaffar, Dr Hamna Sarwar

Objective: The objective of this clinical research was to determine the occurrence of complaints by those patients who were using partial removable dentures. Patients & Methods: We conducted this research at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore (September 2017 to August 2018) on one hundred patients including 40 females and 60 males who were using dentures from last six months. We also took details about the denture history, medical history, gender and age. The patients were also asked about the pain before the insertion of dentures. Outcome analysis was made on SPSS software. Results: The outcomes were statistically significant (P-Value < 0.05). Patients normally complained about loose dentures, ulceration under and around the appliances, discomfort & pain, low masticatory efficacy and speech issues respectively among 55%, 40%, 35%, 25% and 28%. Ten percent of patients also complained about debonding artificial teeth. Conclusion: Major post insertion complications among RPD patients were soreness and pain, speech difficulty, mastication difficulty, retention loss, debonding, ulceration and artificial teeth fracture. These limitations can be overcome through proper compliance of the patients and designing of the dentures. Keywords: Removable Partial Denture (RPD), Edentulism, Retention, Mastication, Ulceration and Soreness.

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