Author/Editor		Petričević, Nikola; Čelebić, Asja; Rener-Sitar, Ksenija
Title		A 3-year longitudinal study of quality-of-life outcomes of elderly patients with implant- and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures in posterior dental regions
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 29, št. 2
Publication year		2012
Volume		str. e956-e963
ISSN		0734-0664 - Gerodontology
Language		eng
Abstract		Background: Clinical studies have mainly been focused on oral health-related quality-of-life (OHRQoL) outcomes of removable dentures. Objective: To evaluate therapy of elderly patients with implant-supported fixed partial dentures (IFPD) and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures (FPD) in the posterior dental regions. Patients and methods: The OHIP49 was used to measure OHRQoL in 64 patients with IFPD and 38 patients with FPD, before, 3 weeks and 3 years after rehabilitation. A control group (CG) consisted of 62 individuals. Results: The Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP) follow-up scores of the patients with FPD and the patients with IFPD were significantly smaller in comparison with the baseline scores (p < 0.01). The OHIP scores were further reduced at the 3-year follow-up. The patients with IFPD had significantly higher scores than the patients with FPD and the CG at the baseline and at the follow-ups. In the patients with FPD, both age groups (<-60 and >60) showed equal improvement of the OHRQoL. In the IFPD group, patients older than 60 years showed better improvement (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences dependent on gender and antagonistic teeth (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The FPD and the IFPD treatment showed significant improvement of OHRQoL. The FPD treatment improved OHRQoL equally in both age groups, while the IFPD treatment improved OHRQoL better in older patients.
Keywords		oral health elderly patients prosthodontic oralno zdravje starejši pacienti protetika