A survey of treatment outcomes with removable partial dentures

summary The patient's satisfaction with removable partial denture (RPD) therapy has become an increasingly important factor in prosthetic treatment. This study examined patients' satisfaction with RPDs in relation to some socio‐economic variables, patients' habits of wearing and clean...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of oral rehabilitation 2003-08, Vol.30 (8), p.847-854
Hauptverfasser: Zlatarić, D. Knezović, Čelebić, A., Valentić-Peruzović, M., Jerolimov, V., Pandurić, J.
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Zusammenfassung:summary The patient's satisfaction with removable partial denture (RPD) therapy has become an increasingly important factor in prosthetic treatment. This study examined patients' satisfaction with RPDs in relation to some socio‐economic variables, patients' habits of wearing and cleaning RPDs, comfort of wearing RPDs and different RPDs characteristics. A questionnaire was devised for the purpose. Two hundred and five patients were required to assess satisfaction with RPDs. They graded RPDs, depending on the level of satisfaction, on scale ranging from 1 to 5. A dentist determined Kennedy classification, material and denture support, denture base shape, number of missing teeth and evaluated denture construction. Majority of the patients were satisfied with the prosthesis. The patients of a higher education level gave lower grades (P 
ISSN:0305-182X
1365-2842
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2842.2003.01039.x