RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME OF USE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN TOTAL PROSTHESIS USERS IN THE AMAPÁ STATE

• Autor(a) principal: Celis de Cardenas, Anneli Mercedes
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Coelho Paraguassu, Eber
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/23
• topic: Qualidade de vida; Prótese total; Desdentados; Reabsorção óssea; Quality of life; Dentures; Toothless; Bone resorption

Introduction: The number of people with no teeth in Brazil is growing, 11% of the population is totally toothless, corresponding to an amount of 16 million people and 33% of the population makes use of some type of dental prosthesis. The number of teeth in the oral cavity is small, causing social, physical, psychological and nutritional problems to directly affect edentulous quality of life. Objective: The objective of this article is to relate the time of use of total dentures with the quality of life of these users. Methodology: We interviewed 299 users of total mucosal supported prosthesis and 48 users of implantable total prosthesis using two questionnaires, the Oral Health Impact Profile-14Br (OHIP-14Br) and sociodemographic questionnaire. Results: Full denture wearers have a better quality of life in all variables compared to mucosupported denture wearers and mucosupported full denture wearers have a strong relationship between quality of life and duration of prosthesis use