ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PROSTHODONTIC PATIENTS OF SARDAR BEGUM DENTAL COLLEGE PESHAWAR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v9i02.368Abstract
Objective:
To assess the oral health-related quality of life in prosthodontic patients of Sardar Begum Dental College Peshawar.
Materials & Methods:
A self-reporting OHIP-14 questionnaire was given to a convenience sample of 286 patients aged 14 to 80 years. A cross-sectional survey was carried out for four months. The inclusion criterion was patients with missing tooth/teeth in need of replacement with prosthesis. The exclusion criterion was patients with no tooth/teeth missing and mentally handicapped or terminally ill patients. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 19.
Results:
The score was assessed from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 70. Oral health-related quality of life is better with the patient having a low score. The minimum score achieved was 14, and the maximum score achieved was 64. According to results 75% of patients think that they had no problem in pronouncing different words, 74% of patients had no problems with sense of taste, 65% of patients complained of no interruption of meals and 70% of patients had no problems in doing their jobs due to problem in teeth, mouth or dentures. Most patients consider that problem of mastication can be solved with fixed as compared to the removable prosthesis.
Conclusion:
Most of the patients with problems in teeth, mouth, or dentures did not affect the quality of life and relaxed, having no embarrassment in the presence of problems in teeth, mouth, or dentures. The patient considers the fixed prosthesis more helpful in resolving problems with esthetics and mastication.
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