Assessment of Oral Hygiene in Patients Using Fixed and Removable Dentures Treated at the University Dental Clinic in Krakow

Joanna Ryniewicz, Magdalena Orczykowska, Krzysztof Gronkiewicz and Małgorzata Pihut
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Joanna Ryniewicz: Department of Integrated Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Magdalena Orczykowska: Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Krzysztof Gronkiewicz: Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Małgorzata Pihut: Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-8

Abstract: Apart from local lesions, the presence of dental plaque may also have an effect on health, especially in people with general diseases. The aim of this project was to assess the oral hygiene of patients prosthetically treated at the Dental Prosthetics Clinic of the University Dental Clinic in Krakow (Poland) using fixed and removable dentures and to determine the demographic relationships and data related to the education of the respondents. The research material consisted of 120 patients who used fixed (group I) and removable (group II) restorations. Basic dental examinations and oral hygiene examinations were carried out with the use of the API (Approximal Plaque Index) and PI (Plaque Index) plaque indices. This study presents the percentage of respondents in terms of sex, place of residence, and education. The mean PI (Plaque Index) values were 46.73% (Group I) and 50.05% (Group II). ( p = 0.4839). The mean values of API (Approximal Plaque Index) amounted to 65.14% (Group I) and 68.94% (Group II) ( p = 0.4695). Patients using dentures showed insufficient oral hygiene, and the hygiene status of patients did not depend on the type of dentures used. The group that is most often treated with prosthetics is women with secondary education. The most numerous group of patients at the Dental Prosthetics Clinic are people living in large cities which results from easier access to health care.

Keywords: oral hygiene; dentures; dental plaque; removable denture hygiene; fixed denture hygiene; denture cleaning agents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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