Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (14): 2203-2207.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.14.012

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Investigation on patient satisfaction with single or bridge crown for repair of consecutive missing posterior teeth in the maxilla

Zhang Qiang1, Zhang Yu2, Xie Chang3   

  1. 1 Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China; 2 Deparment of Oral Implantology, 3Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2017-02-16 Online:2017-05-18 Published:2017-06-10
  • Contact: Zhuang Yu, Associate chief physician, Deparment of Oral Implantology, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Zhang Qiang, Studying for master’s degree, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Patient subjective satisfaction is of great significance for the clinical use of implant denture.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the patient satisfaction with single or bridge crown for repair of consecutive missing posterior teeth in the maxilla.
METHODS: We selected 203 patients with consecutive missing of maxillary first and second molar teeth, who had received single (n=99) or bridge (n=104) crown for implant restoration 1 year ago. All patients were surveyed with a subjective satisfaction questionnaire and visual analogue scale.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference in sex and age (35-64 years) between the two groups. Food impaction ratio and crown off ratio were higher in the bridge crown group than the single crown group. Noticeably, most patients did not have the habit of using dental floss. The overall satisfaction scores were 88.96% in the single crown group and 85.32% in the bridge crown group, respectively. Four indexes with less than 80 scores in the two groups were that “I dare to use the implant teeth to bite hard food”, “my implant teeth are easily cleaned”, “it takes me less time to clean my implant teeth than natural teeth”, and “I think the dental implant price is acceptable”. Results from the analysis of variance showed that food impaction influenced chewing effect (P=0.047), made the use of dental floss difficult (P=0.031), made patients discomfort (P=0.038), and the use of dental floss could enhance the cleaning effect on dental implant (P=0.019), and largely reduced brushing bleeding (P=0.029). In conclusion, patients with missing maxillary posterior teeth can obtain higher satisfaction after single crown or bridge crown repair. However, food impaction and crown off become more serious after repair with bridge crown, while the repair with single crown exhibits better performance.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程

Key words: Dental Implantation, Dentures, Patient Satisfaction, Tissue Engineering

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