Affiliation:
1. Kyushu Implant Research Group
2. Kagoshima University Hospital
3. Nagasaki University Hospital Dental Implant Center
4. Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose
This propensity score matching, multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed to examine the effects of various prosthetic methods for dental clinic outpatients with Kennedy Class I partial edentulism (KCIPE) on oral hypofunction, subjective frailty symptoms, and oral health-related quality of life (QOL).
Methods
Patients (n = 348) were classified into the following three groups for analysis: NT, patients with natural dentition providing intermaxillary contact in four occlusal supporting zones; RPD, patients with KCIPE who received removable partial dentures; and ISFP, patients with KCIPE who received implant-supported fixed prostheses. Participants' basic characteristics were recorded, and oral function tests were conducted. Subjective symptoms of physical and oral frailty were investigated via questionnaire. Oral health-related QOL was assessed using the Japanese short version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-JP16). Propensity score matching was performed to adjust for patient background factors that could influence oral hypofunction in each group.
Results
Compared with the ISFP group, the RPD group had significantly higher rates of poor oral hygiene, reduced occlusal force, decreased masticatory function, and declines in swallowing function and oral hypofunction; the odds ratio for oral hypofunction was 4.67. Compared with the ISFP group, the RPD group had significantly greater subjective symptoms of physical frailty and oral frailty, as well as higher OHIP scores.
Conclusions
Prosthetic treatment of KCIPE affected oral hypofunction, subjective frailty symptoms, and oral health-related QOL in dental clinic outpatients.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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