A study of changes in the nutrition status of patients with complete dentures by denture replacement and dietary advice
- Conditions
- Maxillary or mandibular edentulous
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 48
Patients with an edentulous maxilla or mandible who visits the Prosthodontics or Oral Function Management Department of Showa University Dental Hospital Patients with functioning dentures available at the time of consent Patients who have given written consent to participate in this study
Patients residing in nursing homes Patients receiving dietary advice from a doctor at the time of consent Patients with implant overdentures Patients with dementia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- parallel assignment
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in serum albumin value from baseline This study compares the changes in serum albumin value from baseline between the group where patients receive a dietary advice after new denture delivery (Group A) and the group where patients receive a dietary advice (Group B).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of nutritional status a. Blood tests: prealbumin, serum total protein, cholinesterase, total cholesterol, zinc, serum calcium, folic acid, retinol binding protein, transferrin, HDL/LDL cholesterol, white blood cell count, white blood cell picture, total peripheral blood lymphocyte count, hemoglobin level, serum vitamin C, amino acid analysis, C-reactive protein
b. Body mass index (BMI)
c. Assessment of dietary intake: Evaluation using Brief-type Self-administered Diet History Questionnaire (BDHQ)Subjective evaluation of denture quality Esthetic and stability evaluation using Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Assessment of living environment Evaluation using self-administered questionnaire
Evaluation of oral-related quality of life Evaluation using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)
Evaluation of masticatory function glucose elution from gummy jelly chewing, occlusal force, occlusal contact area