Sex differences in denture satisfaction

Pan, Shaoxia; Awad, Manal; Thomason, J. Mark; Dufresne, Eric; Kobayashi, Taira; Kimoto, Suguru; Wollin, Stephanie D.; Feine, Jocelyne S.

doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2008.02.009

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Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 301-308, May 2008

Sex differences in denture satisfaction

Shaoxia Pan
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
Manal Awad
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- College of Dentistry, Department of General and Specialist Dental Practice, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
J. Mark Thomason
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
Eric Dufresne
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Taira Kobayashi
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Crown and Bridge Prothodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Mastudo, Chiba, Japan
Suguru Kimoto
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Gnatho-Oral Prosthetics Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Mastudo, Chiba, Japan
Stephanie D. Wollin
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Jocelyne S. Feine
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Canada
- Corresponding author at: Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3550 University Street, Suite 101, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 398 7203x00052; fax: +1 514 398 7220.

Received 23 November 2007; received in revised form 6 February 2008; accepted 8 February 2008.

Abstract

Objectives

Males and females differ in their responses to many health conditions and treatments. The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to determine whether there are differences in the way that male and female edentulous elders rate their satisfaction with new mandibular implant overdentures (IODs) and conventional dentures (CDs), at 6 and 12 months following delivery.

Methods

Edentulous elders (n=256) were randomly assigned to receive maxillary conventional dentures and either mandibular overdentures supported by two implants with ball attachments or conventional dentures. Participants rated their general satisfaction, as well as other features of their dentures (comfort, stability, ability to chew, aesthetics, etc.) prior to treatment and 6 and 12 months after delivery.

Results

Ratings of satisfaction with IODs were significantly higher than with CDs. Six months after delivery, females in the CD group rated their general satisfaction and satisfaction with ability to chew and aesthetics significantly lower than did the males. The sex differences in the CD group remained at 12 months after delivery. However, males and females in the IOD group rated their general satisfaction and all six subcategories equally.

Conclusions

Elderly females are less satisfied with conventional dentures than elderly males with regards to aesthetics and ability to chew, but equally satisfied with implant overdentures. At 6 and 12 months after delivery, elderly edentulous males and females wearing mandibular implant overdentures were significantly more satisfied than those wearing conventional dentures.

Keywords: Implant, Overdenture, Sex difference, Satisfaction, Conventional denture, Elders