Patient Satisfaction with Quality of Dentures at Teaching Hospital of Lahore: Quality Dentures and Patients Satisfaction

Khezran Qamar; Syed Hammad Azeem Rizvi; Faiqua Yasser; Hira Aamir; Rana Ammar Ahmed; Maham Muzaffar; Sajid Naeem

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v5i05.1451

Authors

Khezran Qamar Department of Prosthodontics, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
Syed Hammad Azeem Rizvi Department of Prosthodontics, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
Faiqua Yasser Department of Oral Pathology, Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, Pakistan
Hira Aamir Department of Anatomy, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
Rana Ammar Ahmed Department of Prosthodontics, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
Maham Muzaffar Department of Prosthodontics, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
Sajid Naeem Department of Prosthodontics, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v5i05.1451

Keywords:

Dentures, Patient Satisfaction, Prosthodontics, Psychomotor Abilities

Abstract

Complete dentures are fabricated to restore functional and esthetic needs of edentulous patients. Poor psychomotor abilities undermine their satisfaction level with well fabricated dentures and prosthodontic treatment becomes unsuccessful. Objective: To evaluate the patient’s satisfaction level with newly inserted complete dentures fabricated by final year students and senior prosthodontists. Methods: The cross-sectional observational study population comprised of completely edentulous patients. The study conducted at Prosthodontic department of Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore; from 8^th June till 8^th December 2023.A questionnaire was designed to assess parameters. Likert scale was used to answer; ranging from 1 to 5 where 1 is the poorest and 5 is the best value. Dentist, gender and previous experience were compared with patient satisfaction parameters. Results: Out of 62 complete denture patients; 72.6% had no denture wearing experience. 43.5% tooth loss was due to caries followed by periodontitis. Tooth loss in past 5 years’ time was 61.3%. Denture aesthetics was rated as good 46.8%. Patient satisfaction parameters with age group and doctor group showed significant association. Correlation of patient satisfaction parameters with doctor group was statistically significant for mandibular denture speech, mandibular function and operator service p-value <0.05. Conclusions: Patient satisfaction with removable prosthesis determines the success of the prosthodontics intervention. Evaluation of patients’ satisfaction level should be carried out routinely after the completion of the treatment as will help in the improvement of the work quality of a dental practitioner.

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