Oral Health Related Quality Of Life By Using Oral Health Impact Profile (ohip) Scores In Partially Dentate Patients With Provision Of Tooth- Supported Fixed Partial Dentures

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Abstract

Paradigm is now shifted in modern dental and health care policy around the whole world.Now attention is more on the improvement in quality of life of subjects rather than the slight care of physical and psychological maladies. The objective of this study was to determine oral health related quality of life by using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) scores in partially dentate patients with provision of tooth-supported fixed partial dentures.

This quasi experimental study was conducted on 209 participants at theDepartment of Prosthodontics, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan from October 2015 to April 2016.Patients between 18 and 60 years of age, good general health, able to understand and respond to the questionnaire, patients with one or two missing teeth which are going to be replaced by fixed partial denture, no soft or hard tissue inflammation in the oral cavity were included.Subjects with gross congenital or surgical defects of jaws, with drug abuse, psychologically unstable, with acute temporomandibular disorders related pain, with life threatening diseases, handicapped, uncooperative and with active periodontal disease/ caries were excluded. The OHIP score of a patient was recorded the total score for the 14 items in the OHIP questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 17. Descriptive statistics were computed for all variables. OHIP Score was stratified among age groups and gender to see effect modifiers. Paired t test was applied for comparing pre and post Oral Health Impact Profile scores. Level of significance was taken at P≤0.05.

The mean change in OHIP score was recorded as 20.84±3.25 which was statistically significant (P 0.0001). Of total n=179(85.64%) patients were with one missing teeth while n=30 (14.35%) patients were with two missing teeth. The fixed partial dentures can improve statistically significantly quality of life in partially dentate patient in term of mastication and esthetics.