Five-year follow-up of oral functioning and quality of life in patients with oral cancer with implant-retained mandibular overdentures.

Autor: Korfage A; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. a.korfage@kchir.umcg.nl, Schoen PJ, Raghoebar GM, Bouma J, Burlage FR, Roodenburg JL, Vissink A, Reintsema H
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Head & neck [Head Neck] 2011 Jun; Vol. 33 (6), pp. 831-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Dec 09.
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21544
Abstrakt: Background: The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) and oral functioning of patients with oral cancer up to 5 years after prosthodontic rehabilitation with mandibular implant-retained overdentures.
Methods: Fifty patients who had received implants during ablative surgery were evaluated by standardized questionnaires before and after oncological and prosthetic treatment.
Results: In 20 of 24 surviving patients, the dentures were functional after 5 years. In these survivors, oral function remained unchanged during this period. In the 6 patients with concurrent comorbidity, global health and QOL had deteriorated, while in the patients without comorbidity, global health and QOL were very high. Five-year survivors had a higher global health and better oral functioning at the 1-year evaluation than nonsurvivors.
Conclusion: Oral function and denture satisfaction were high and did not change over time for survivors. Deterioration in overall global health and QOL was associated with concurrent comorbidity.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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