Patients satisfaction and quality life assessment when wearing complete dentures with teeth of different anatomical designs: a randomised controlled crossover pilot study

Queen Mary University of London, Barts & The London Dental School0 sites20 target enrollmentMarch 20, 2017

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

March 20, 2017

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

8 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Queen Mary University of London, Barts & The London Dental School

•1\. Informed consent
•2\. Age 18\-100 years
•3\. Any gender
•4\. Any ethnicity
•5\. Successful denture wearers (i.e. previous denture wearing experience – 3\+ years) who need new dentures
•6\. No mental health issues
•7\. No problems of Xerostomia (dry mouth).

•1\. Any inclusion criteria not met
•2\. Under 18 years
•3\. The shape and size of the jaw bones \- Any Cawood and Atwood classification that is other than Class 2 or 3 or 4:
•Class 2 \= a bone shape that is well rounded and of good height but with the remnants of a socket due to tooth being recently removed
•Class 3 \= a bone shape that is well rounded and of good height.
•Class 4 \= a bone shape that is knife edged and of reasonable height.
•4\. Unable to consent
•5\. Pregnant patients.
•6\. Patients unable to attend easily due to locality or occupation limitations.
•7\. Large skeletal base discrepancies. This relates to the positioning of the upper and lower jaw to each other. A large skeletal discrepancy would include the lower jaw being too far forward in relation to the upper jaw. Also the contrary where the lower jaw is too far back in relation to the upper jaw. These are called Class 3 and Class 2 Skeletal base relationships respectively.