Alrumyyan Abeer, Quwayhis Shahad, Meaigel Shahad, Almedlej Raghad, Alolaiq Rana, Bin Nafesah Raneem, Almutairi Malak, Alzamil Shahd
Department of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dentistry, Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Jan 21;10(1):62-68. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_347_19. eCollection 2020 Jan-Feb.
Missing teeth are routinely replaced with fixed dental prostheses (FDPs); thus, knowing the patient's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) after placement of FDP and factors affecting their quality of life in addition to their oral hygiene practices is important. This study aimed to measure OHRQoL with FDPs and oral hygiene practices of adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A survey was distributed in hard and soft copy forms. Target subjects were adults older than 18 years with FDP and living in Riyadh. The questionnaire contained four domains: demographic data, medical history, characteristics of the prostheses and oral hygiene practices, and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-14 questionnaire, which measures OHRQoL.
The study included 528 subjects. More than half of the participants (56.6%) had poor OHRQoL, which was associated with female gender, full-time employment, and low income. The presence of toothache, periodontal diseases, oral abscess, and broken teeth were all associated with poor OHRQoL. Participants with diabetes were also found to have poor OHRQoL. As for oral hygiene practices, 47% of subjects did not receive oral hygiene instructions after the placement of their FDP. It was also found that 53.4% of the study population brush only once daily.
Many factors can have an influence on OHRQoL. Both dentist and patient awareness regarding postoperative oral hygiene instructions should be increased to ensure the durability of the prosthodontic appliances and improve patients' OHRQoL.
缺牙通常用固定义齿（FDP）修复；因此，了解患者佩戴FDP后的口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）以及除口腔卫生习惯外影响其生活质量的因素很重要。本研究旨在测量沙特阿拉伯利雅得成年人佩戴FDP后的OHRQoL及口腔卫生习惯。
以纸质版和电子版形式发放调查问卷。目标受试者为年龄大于18岁、佩戴FDP且居住在利雅得的成年人。问卷包含四个领域：人口统计学数据、病史、义齿特征及口腔卫生习惯，以及测量OHRQoL的口腔健康影响程度量表（OHIP）-14问卷。
该研究纳入528名受试者。超过半数参与者（56.6%）的OHRQoL较差，这与女性、全职工作和低收入有关。牙痛、牙周疾病、口腔脓肿和牙齿折断均与OHRQoL较差有关。还发现糖尿病患者的OHRQoL也较差。至于口腔卫生习惯，47%的受试者在佩戴FDP后未接受口腔卫生指导。还发现53.4%的研究人群每天仅刷牙一次。
许多因素会影响OHRQoL。应提高牙医和患者对术后口腔卫生指导的认识，以确保修复体的耐用性并改善患者的OHRQoL。
