期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：2
页码：5111-5118
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I2.578
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Aim:The aim of the study was to evaluate the postoperative maintenance of fixed partial denture by means of a questionnaire filled using telephonic conversation. Material and Methods: A Cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in an institution, on randomly selected individuals. The study group consisted of adult patients who attended the outpatient Department of Prosthodontics from June 2019- March 2020.4500 case sheets were evaluated and Chi-square test and frequency analysis was used to explore the relationship between two variables. Results: Most participants brushed in the region of fixed partial denture (98%), however very few of them used special aids (11.3%). Most participants that didn’t use special aids cited lack of awareness as the reason (56%) . Females used special aids more commonly than male (p=1.00). Most patients that used special aids were in the age group 20-40 years. This result wasn’t statistically significant (p=0.271). Conclusion: The authors found that patients with FPDs do carry out basic oral health hygiene functions like brushing, however don't follow less common procedures like use of special aids that frequently. Dentist’s need to recall patients more frequently and motivate them to maintain their oral hygiene. However, the findings of this study needed to be compared to those of other studies on diverse populations with greater sample sizes.
