NCT06688669

Examining the Effects of Removable Denture Use in Patients Over 60 Years of Age

Examining the Effects of Removable Denture on Behavior and Cognitive Skills in Geriatric Patients

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients over the age of 60 who do not currently have any removable dentures but require them will be included in the study. Patients who will receive complete dentures and those who will receive partial dentures will be assessed in separate groups. Before the fabrication of the dentures, the Mini-Mental State Examination Test (MMSE), the physical normative value test (TUG), and the Oral Functional Capacity (OFC) scoring will be conducted. No intervention will be made to the treatment during the prosthetic treatment process. The same questionnaires will be administered again three weeks after the completion of the prosthetic treatments. The impact of the use of removable dentures on test results will be evaluated. Additionally, during this session, patients will complete a patient satisfaction test regarding their dentures (OHIP-14 for patients with a removable partial denture indication, and OHIP-edent for patients with a complete denture indication). Patients will be called back after three months, and all tests will be repeated. The relationship between the Mini-Mental State Examination, the TUG test, and the OFC test with patient satisfaction will be assessed and any changes in test scores related to denture use will be investigated.

Conditions

• Edentulism
• Denture, Complete
• Denture, Partial, Removable

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fabrication of suitable complete or removable partial dentures for the patient	Fabrication of suitable complete and partial dentures for the patient. The study will not interfere with this treatment process; only follow-up assessments will be conducted at specific intervals after the dentures are fabricated, and surveys will be administered to the patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-25
• Primary completion: 2025-02-01
• Completion: 2025-05-01
• First posted: 2024-11-14
• Last updated: 2024-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)