Nivel de satisfacción de pacientes con prótesis totales elaboradas en la universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

The objective of this research consisted in to know what is the level of satisfaction of the Complete denture patients realized by the students of the Santo Tomas University of Florida Blanca. In the first period of 2014 with the objective to improve every aspect related with no satisfaction to give to the patients a good quality of life. Materials and methods: it was an observational; descry bed, of cross section study. The universe was constituted by 86 edentulous patients that were at the adult III integral clinic of the odontology of the Santo Tomas University. The sample was constituted by 23 patients who were asked to participate in the investigation. To inquire satisfaction with dentures was used a questioner designed by Turker where the attitude toward dentures in general was measured by means of 11 items of a questionnaire. The 10 main questions of the questionnaire were answered by the participants and quantified on a 7 point scale, while the 11th issue general satisfaction was evaluated on a scale of 1 10. Results in this research were observed that 23 subjects, men, people …. 65 years old and who had used less of three dentures during more of three years manifested overall satisfaction. However some factors as age, morphologic conditions, and use of complete denture were related with no satisfaction. Conclusions: it is so important to say in assessing overall satisfaction with the dentures with the visual analog scale and sum total of the questionnaire, the valuation is high in most of the patients and in conclusion the level of satisfaction of the complete denture made in the first period of 2014 in the Santo Tomas University is good because a big number of the patients felt satisfaction after their gotten treatment and expressed to feel comfortable to speak, eat, smile and clean their denture.