Efetividade de um protocolo de tratamento simplificado com próteses totais sobre a satisfação dos pacientes com as próteses e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal

• Autor(a) principal: Nuñez, Margaret Catherine Olivera
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/3399
• topic: Prótese dentária completa; Qualidade de vida; Satisfação do paciente; Complete denture; OHIP; Patient satisfaction; ODONTOLOGIA::CLINICA ODONTOLOGICA

The replacement of conventional dentures can result in potential functional and aesthetic benefits to the patient. Previous studies suggest that simplified procedures for complete dentures (CD) construction achieve results similar to the traditional methods. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a traditional and a simplified protocol for construction of conventional complete dentures. Fifty patients were randomly allocated into two equal groups, traditional protocol (T group) and simplified protocol (S group). Treatment outcomes were assessed before the installation of the new prosthesis and 30 days after the last adjustment, including measurements of quality of life related to oral conditions measured by the Brazilian version of OHIP-Edent scale and patients’ satisfaction with the upper and lower dentures using a visual analogue scale (VAS), which combines the patient's perception in relation to overall satisfaction with the comfort, stability, ability to chew, ability to talk and aesthetics. The results showed an overall 33.3% reduction in negative impacts of oral conditions on quality of life (p<0.001) and improved satisfaction with the upper and lower dentures (p<0.01). Quality of life improvement occurred in all dimensions of the OHIP-Edent (p<0.001). Despite the significant reduction in quality of life impacts and significant increase in patients’ satisfaction with the dentures, there were no differences between the traditional and simplified protocols. It was concluded that the simplified protocol results in perception of treatment outcomes similar to the traditional protocol.