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    Satisfaction of the complete denture wearers related to various factors
    (2009) TÜRKER, ŞEBNEM BEGÜM; Turker S.B., Sener I.D., Özkan Y.K.
    All dentists who have worked with complete denture wearers know that patient satisfaction is not based only on the technical quality of the dentures. The aim of this study was at assessing the effect of gender, the number of the dentures used before, the length of time of denture usage, education and age on the satisfaction of the complete denture wearers. The students of the Dental Faculty of Marmara University (Turkey) made new dentures for 342 patients who were asked to participate in the investigation. The subjects (137 men and 205 women) were 39-89 years of age with a mean of 61.62 years. The attitude toward dentures in general was measured by means of 11 items of a questionnaire. The 10 main questions of the questionnaire were answered by the participants, and quantified on a 7-point scale, while the 11th issue (general satisfaction) was evaluated on a scale of 1-10. All main factors were also estimated in subgroups. For example, the education was analyzed in 4 subgroups, the time of denture usage was divided into two subgroups (below and above 3 years) and the number of dentures used before was also taken as up to 3 or more than 3 dentures. The age of the subjects was taken in 3 subgroups: 40-55, 56-65 and >65 years. One-way ANOVA, Tukey and Student t-tests were used to evaluate the answers to the questionnaire. Our patients displayed statistically significant differences only in the topics of their ability of cleaning their dentures, due to education and number of previously used dentures. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Factors triggering the oral mucosal lesions by complete dentures
    (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2010) TÜRKER, ŞEBNEM BEGÜM; Turker, Sebnem Begum; Sener, Isil Damla; Kocak, Ayse; Yilmaz, Sertan; Ozkan, Yasemin Kulak
    Oral mucosal lesions may represent acute or chronic reactions to factors related with dentures. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of the oral lesions related to gender, age, the length of time of denture usage, the balance of denture and cleaning methods and frequency. The 106 patients who have old complete dentures came to the Dental Faculty of Marmara University, Istanbul (Turkey) to have new complete dentures were asked to participate in the investigation. The subjects (51 men and 55 women) were 37-80 years of age with a mean age of 60.28 +/- 10.52 years. All main factors were estimated in subgroups: cleaning methods and frequency were divided into 3 subgroups respectively as toothbrush and toothpaste/soap, denture cleansing tablets and sodium carbonate, and 3 times a day, everyday, every 3 day and once a week. The data obtained was evaluated by One-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis-test, Student t-test and chi(2)-test. The level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The patients displayed statistically significant differences in the topics of the length of time of denture usage and the balance of denture in terms of retention. The complete denture wearers should be educated in the importance of periodic examination due to the changing of supporting tissues for detection early mucosal lesions to maintain their oral and dentures hygiene in optimum level. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.