Browsing by Author "Bugaighis, Iman Saad"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- Removable partial dentures in Libya : patient expectations, satisfaction and maintenancePublication . Bugaighis, Iman Saad; Mendes, José JoãoObjective : This study aimed to assess the level of Libyan patient’ expectation of and during use satisfaction with a Removable Partial Denture (RPD). A further aim was to explore the level of patient’ awareness and application of oral hygiene care pertaining to the RPD. Materials and methods : This was a cross-sectional retrospective survey. Self-reported questionnaires were administered to 160 patients wearing removable prosthesis and living in Benghazi, Libya. The questions explored expectation of a RPD as well as subjective satisfaction with the treatment outcome with respect to esthetics, phonation and masticatory function, pain and food impaction. Moreover, the questionnaire included a section to evaluate the attitude of patients’ towards their use of oral hygiene measures. Descriptive statistics were employed to reveal the frequency and percentages of the examined factors. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was undertaken to calculate the correlation between the varies parameters and patient’ satisfaction with the prosthesis. Results: The sample comprised 30.6% males and 69.4% females; mean age=52.17, SD±13.75. The majority (86.9%) had an acrylic RPD; only 13.1% used cobalt chromium prosthesis. The RPD met the expectations of 63.1% and met the partial expectations of 16.9% of the participants. Overall satisfaction was experienced by 68.1% of the sample, while 31.9% had one concern or more; 22% had difficulty with mastication, 8.58% complained of poor fitting, 7.78% had impaired phonation, 2.87% suffered from pain and 1.98% reported food impaction. The majority of patients (91.3%) cared about and paid attention to their oral hygiene; 64.4% used just a tooth brush, 9.4% used dental floss as well as brushing and 5.6% preferred using tooth picks with brushing. Only, 3.1% did not use any oral hygiene or cleaning aids. Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed a weak but significant correlation between the level of patient expectation and patient satisfaction (r=0.369, P<0001) and between the type of denture base and the level of satisfaction (r=0.211, P=0.007). However, there was no significant correlation between patient satisfaction and patient age, sex or level of patient education (P≥ 0.384). There was a weak but significant correlation between oral health care and sex (r=0.178, P=0.024) where females surpassed males in their oral hygiene care. However, there was no significant correlation between the level of education and patient oral health care (r=0.116, P=0.145), nor between patients age and maintaining their oral hygiene (r=0.023, P=0.771). Conclusions : A high percentage of patients were satisfied with their RPDs and most took good care of their oral hygiene after using RPD. Significant correlation was only observed between expectation and satisfaction and between the type of denture base used and the level of satisfaction.