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- Title
QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AFTER PROVIDING REMOVABLE ACRYLIC PARTIAL DENTURE.
- Authors
HUSSAIN, MEHMOOD; HASSAN, SYED IMRAN; ALI, SYED ABRAR; KHAN, MOHAMMAD YAWAR; KHAN, MOIN; TANVEER, WAQAS
- Abstract
The study was conducted to observe quality of life in pediatric patients provided with acrylic removable partial denture visiting Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi. It was a descriptive type of study. The study was carried out in the Department of Prosthodontics, Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi from January 2012 to December 2013. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Total 30 patients visited to Prosthodontics Department of Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi for provision of prosthesis were included in this study. Age range varied from 03-14 years, while sixteen were boys and fourteen were girls. Four of them were already denture wearer. Questionnaire based on OHIP-14 was used to evaluate quality of life in these patients. After collection of data, results were tabulated on SPSS. All patients were provided with acrylic removable partial dentures. Regular follow up was maintained and all patients were satisfied with the performance of their prosthesis. Acrylic removable prosthesis can be very effective for oral rehabilitation of pediatric patients when fixed prosthesis is not feasible due to multiple factors.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; SOCIAL conditions of children; DENTURES; ARTIFICIAL joints; DENTAL materials
- Publication
Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal, 2014, Vol 34, Issue 3, p477
- ISSN
1012-8700
- Publication type
Article