Author(s)

Mantshumba Milolo Augustin^1*, Duyck Joke², Sekele Isouradi Bourleyi¹, Lutula Pene Shenda¹, Nyimi Bushabu Fidele^3,4, Tshombe Mulamba Van⁵, Ntumba Mulumba Kanda¹, Ignace Naert²

¹Prosthodontics and Orthodontics Service, Affiliated Hospital of Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
²Department of Oral Health Sciences, Prosthetics Section, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.
⁴Affiliated Hospital of Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
⁵Laboratory Center of Research Nuclear of Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, DR Congo.

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether partial removable denture use indeed leads to improved oral health related quality of life and masticatory function. Materials and Methods: Partially edentulous patients presenting for removable denture treatment at the Prosthodontics Service in the Hospital Affiliated to Kinshasa University (Democratic Republic of Congo) were assessed for enrolment in this study. After applying exclusion criteria, 378 patients were included in the study, and randomly assigned into 2 groups. Oral health related quality of life (OHIP-23) and mastication time (MaT), number of chewing cycles (MaC), mastication frequency (MaF), and the sizes of the peanut fragments (FraS) were compared in both groups. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: The average MaC, MaT, MaF, and FraS were 119 (± SD 53.70), 86.75 (±SD 35.35), 1.38 (±SD 0.25), and 3.3 (±SD 3.25) for the denture group and 77.9 (±SD 23.9), 60.2 (±SD 17.91), 1.29 (±SD 0.15), and 1.5 (±SD 0.7) for the non-denture group, respectively. Conclusion: The overall oral health related quality of life was best in the non-denture than denture.

Partial Removable Denture Acrylic Resin, Mastication, and Oral Health Related Qual-ity of Life

Augustin, M. , Joke, D. , Bourleyi, S. , Shenda, L. , Fidele, N. , Van, T. , Kanda, N. and Naert, I. (2016) The Effect of Partial Removable Denture Use on Oral Health Related Quality of Life and Masticatory Function, after 5 Years Use. Open Journal of Stomatology, 6, 201-210. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2016.610026.