Satisfaction with complete immediate dentures and complete immediate overdentures. A 1 year survey.

The aim of this study was to evaluate denture satisfaction over a 1 year period after extraction of the last teeth. Seventy-four patients who required immediate denture therapy in the mandible were randomly treated, (1) with complete immediate dentures (22); (2) with immediate overdentures on two lower canines without attachments (26); or (3) with immediate overdentures on two lower canines provided with Dyna direct magnetic attachments, inserted on the abutments 9 months after treatment (26). Denture satisfaction was estimated by means of questionnaires, filled out by each patient at certain periods, starting before treatment and ending 1 year after denture insertion. After 1 year approximately 85% of the patients in the three groups were satisfied with their dentures, had got used to them and could eat well. This phenomenon was constant over the whole first year period. No differences in denture satisfaction were found between the three groups. It can be concluded that although patients who receive immediate complete dentures might experience a lot of discomfort during the first year of edentulousness, they are satisfied, in general, with their dentures independent of the treatment procedure.