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KMID : 1004520140300010053
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Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
2014 Volume.30 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.63
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Various factors influencing on the satisfaction of complete denture wearers
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Byun Jin-Soo
Cho Lee-Ra
Kim Dae-Gon
Huh Yoon-Hyuk
Park Chan-Jin
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Abstract
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Growing of number of elderly populations, which may be caused by improved quality of life and decreased the percentage of mortality. Although there is a declining rate of the edentulous patients, more patients are advancing into older age groups, and the substantial number of edentulous patients are increasing. For these edentulous patients, complete denture cannot substitute natural teeth, but it is a staple prosthetic treatment. Generally, the success of dentures has been evaluated on the basis of whether or not patients comfortable and were able to masticate with their dentures. Acceptance of complete denture is complex for patients and related to psychological factors of patients, physical state, and the technical quality of dentures. In addition to that, many factors influence to satisfaction of patients to the complete dentures. In this review article, evaluate various factors related on satisfaction of denture wearers and methods of evaluate satisfaction.
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KEYWORD
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complete denture, patient satisfaction, elderly, personality, quality of denture
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