Open AccessAdaptation to New Dentures and 5 Years of Clinical Use: A Comparison between Complete Denture and Mini-implant Mandibular Overdenture Patients based on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Orofacial Esthetics
Author(s) -
Jolanda Topić,
Renata Poljak-Guberina,
Sanja Peršić-Kiršić,
Ines Kovačić,
Nikola Petričević,
Aleksandra Popovac Popovac,
Asjâ Čelebić
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta stomatologica croatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1846-0410
pISSN - 0001-7019
DOI - 10.15644/asc56/2/4
Subject(s) - dentures , medicine , dentistry , quality of life (healthcare) , oral health , implant , mann–whitney u test , orofacial pain , orthodontics , statistical significance , physical therapy , surgery , nursing
It is unclear how long patients need to adapt to new dentures. This study assessed adaptation and five years of clinical use, comparing complete denture wearers (CDs) and mini-implant mandibular overdenture wearers opposing a maxillary CD (MDI-OD), based on oral health reported quality of life (OHRQoL) and orofacial esthetics (OES).