Research Article
Impacts of Denture Retention and Stability on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, General Health, and Happiness in Elderly Thais
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants and their complete dentures (N = 130).
| Characteristics | Distribution, n (%) |
| Patient related factors | | (1) Age (≥ 70 years) | 75 (57.7) | (2) Sex (Female) | 73 (56.2) | (3) Presence of complete denture experience | 54 (41.5) | Denture related factors | | (1) Unacceptable denture quality: Maxillary denture | 18 (13.8) | Mandibular denture | 64 (49.2) | (2) Esthetic related criteria: | | Nonparalleled interpupillary line and incisal edge of maxillary central incisor | 26 (20.0) | Noncoincidence facial and dental midlines | 26 (20.0) | Mismatched proportion; maxillary central incisor: bizygomatic | 42 (32.3) | maxillary anterior teeth: bizygomatic | 116 (89.2) | maxillary central incisor: lateral incisor: canine | 130 (100.0) | (3) Denture age (>4 years) | 42 (32.3) |
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