A Six-Month Assessment of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Complete Denture Wearers Using Denture Adhesive: A Pilot Study

作者：Nicolas Emmanuel^*; Veyrune Jean luc; Lassauzay Claire

来源：Journal of Prosthodontics-Implant Esthetic and Reconstructive Dentistry, 2010, 19(6): 443-448.

DOI：10.1111/j.1532-849X.2010.00601.x

• Oral quality of life
• complete denture
• adhesive

Purpose: Edentulism and conventional complete denture treatment have been shown to have a negative impact on oral health quality of life (OHQoL). The use of an adhesive agent can provide an alternative to implant-supported prostheses. The objective of this study was to show that new complete dentures using a denture adhesive (DA) improve oral health-related quality of life.
Materials and Methods: The oral health QoL of 143 patients was assessed after 3 months of wearing new complete dentures. Fourteen participants presented a low geriatric oral health assessment index (GOHAI) score and were included in this study and asked to use a DA. Oral health QoL and masticatory parameters were assessed at the beginning of the study, then at 3 and 6 months.
Results: Significant improvements were observed in the scores obtained for each field of GOHAI (function, pain, discomfort, psychosocial); however, even after use of the DA, no statistically significant change in masticatory parameters was found.
Conclusions: These results show that using a DA may improve subjects' ability to manage conventional dentures and enhance their oral quality of life. A larger, prospective, multicenter study is subsequently needed to confirm these results.

• 出版日期2010-8