An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania
There is a lack of information regarding the oral health of the elderly population in Romania; only a few articles have been published about their edentulism, and there are no official data regarding the oral health, OHRQoL, and prosthodontic status of this population. The objective of this study wa...
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| author | Florinel Cosmin Bida Doriana Agop-Forna Bogdan Petru Bulancea Carina Balcoș Norina Consuela Forna |
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| description | There is a lack of information regarding the oral health of the elderly population in Romania; only a few articles have been published about their edentulism, and there are no official data regarding the oral health, OHRQoL, and prosthodontic status of this population. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the essential functional qualities of removable partial dentures (RPD) and participants’ oral-health-related wellbeing among an edentulous population from the N-E region in Romania using the OHIP-5-questionnaire. In total, 546 patients from Gr. T. Popa Iasi University were enrolled after following a set of sorting procedures. We used the Kruskal–Wallis test and the Mann–Whitney test to determine whether there were significant differences between the various groups of patients. For questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the OHIP, the null hypothesis was rejected, as there were statistically significant differences between the three groups. This study was limited to a specific group. However, it can provide an insight into RPD patients’ happiness when treated in an academic environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5172389483e4b67b54b575376b4ce0f2023-11-23T17:40:23ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-09-01589124710.3390/medicina58091247An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of RomaniaFlorinel Cosmin Bida0Doriana Agop-Forna1Bogdan Petru Bulancea2Carina Balcoș3Norina Consuela Forna4Department of Implantology, Removable Prostheses, Dental Prostheses Technology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, RomaniaDepartment Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Implantology, Removable Prostheses, Dental Prostheses Technology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, RomaniaDepartment Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Implantology, Removable Prostheses, Dental Prostheses Technology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, RomaniaThere is a lack of information regarding the oral health of the elderly population in Romania; only a few articles have been published about their edentulism, and there are no official data regarding the oral health, OHRQoL, and prosthodontic status of this population. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the essential functional qualities of removable partial dentures (RPD) and participants’ oral-health-related wellbeing among an edentulous population from the N-E region in Romania using the OHIP-5-questionnaire. In total, 546 patients from Gr. T. Popa Iasi University were enrolled after following a set of sorting procedures. We used the Kruskal–Wallis test and the Mann–Whitney test to determine whether there were significant differences between the various groups of patients. For questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the OHIP, the null hypothesis was rejected, as there were statistically significant differences between the three groups. This study was limited to a specific group. However, it can provide an insight into RPD patients’ happiness when treated in an academic environment.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/9/1247quality of liferemovable partial dentures (RPD)OHRQoL |
| spellingShingle | Florinel Cosmin Bida Doriana Agop-Forna Bogdan Petru Bulancea Carina Balcoș Norina Consuela Forna An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania Medicina quality of life removable partial dentures (RPD) OHRQoL |
| title | An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania |
| title_full | An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania |
| title_fullStr | An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania |
| title_short | An Observational Study on Oral Health and Quality of Life for RPD Wearers in the N-E Region of Romania |
| title_sort | observational study on oral health and quality of life for rpd wearers in the n e region of romania |
| topic | quality of life removable partial dentures (RPD) OHRQoL |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/9/1247 |
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