Dental Prosthetic Treatment Needs and Its Awareness as Related to Prognostic Parameter and Outcomes; An Original Research Study

Abstract

Background and Aim: Dental treatment and its approaches have been remarkably sophisticated and conservative. Most of the patients demands prosthetic replacement with maximum esthetic with minimum damage to existing tissues. Several significant researchers are also being conducted on these objectives. The exclusive venture of this paper was to evaluate the dental prosthetic treatment needs and its awareness as related to prognostic parameter and outcomes.

Materials and Methods: Simple systemic sampling procedure was used to select 50 patients. Both male and female patients were included in the study in the age range of 35 to 65 years. Questionnaires with 7 questions were given to all participating patients in their very first visit. The obtained data was subjected to appropriate statistical tests to obtain p values, mean and other statistical parameters. P values less than 0.05 was taken as significant. Questions were about the opinion regarding prosthetic intervention is mandatory for any missing teeth, overall outcome of prosthetic therapy is appreciated by patients, removable partial denture carries minimum prognostic value in terms of comfort, prosthetic replacement of missing teeth improves overall chewing efficiency.        

Statistical Analysis and Results: Statistical analysis was done by SPSS software. Total 28 male and 22 female patients were studied in the study. Maximum 15 patients were noticed in the age range of 41-45 years. Minimum 5 patients were noticed in the age range of 61-65 years. The overall measured p value was highly significant (0.001). 79% patients think that prosthetic intervention is mandatory for any missing teeth. 91% patients believe that overall outcome of prosthetic therapy is appreciated by patients. 60% patients think that removable partial denture carries minimum prognostic value in terms of comfort. 72% patients think that prosthetic replacement of missing teeth improves overall chewing efficiency. Question number 2,3 and 5 showed highly significant p value.

Conclusion: Within the limitations of the study authors concluded that the participating patients showed reasonable and positive attitude towards the dental prosthetic treatment needs and its awareness as related to prognostic parameter and outcomes. Authors also anticipate few interrelated future studies with larger sample and detailed analysis.