Effect of Patient’s Personality on Satisfaction with Their Present Complete Denture and after Increasing the Occlusal Vertical Dimension: A Study of Edentulous Egyptian Patients

Table 1

Patients’ (𝑛=60) satisfaction with their original complete dentures based on their answers to Questionnaire I.

Question	Mostly	Frequently	Occasionally	Rarely
(1) Eating with dentures	83%	17%	0%	0%
(2) Experience chewing discomfort	62%	8%	30%	0%
(3) Ease of chewing hard food	0%	10%	23%	67%
(4) Eating enjoyment	48%	20%	17%	15%
(5) Affect food choices	68%	8%	14%	10%
(6) Food particles under dentures	91%	7%	2%	0%
(7) Taste (difference)	33%	38%	17%	12%
(8) Speech (difficulties)	36%	25%	22%	17%
(9) Dentures odor changed	37%	20%	17%	26%
(10) Cleaning difficulties	25%	17%	25%	33%
(11) Cleanliness	20%	22%	25%	33%
(12) Security	8%	12%	17%	63%
(13) Satisfaction
Slightly, moderately, or completely satisfied	27%
Slightly, moderately, or completely dissatisfied	73%
(14) Jaw ache or stiffness mourning	13%	20%	25%	42%
(15) Pain in jaw	20%	13%	20%	47%