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Five-year follow-up of oral functioning and quality of life in patients with oral cancer with implant-retained mandibular overdentures

✍ Scribed by Anke Korfage; Pieter J. Schoen; Gerry M. Raghoebar; Jelte Bouma; Fred R. Burlage; Jan L.N. Roodenburg; Arjan Vissink; Harry Reintsema

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
119 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background

The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) and oral functioning of patients with oral cancer up to 5 years after prosthodontic rehabilitation with mandibular implant‐retained overdentures.

Methods

Fifty patients who had received implants during ablative surgery were evaluated by standardized questionnaires before and after oncological and prosthetic treatment.

Results

In 20 of 24 surviving patients, the dentures were functional after 5 years. In these survivors, oral function remained unchanged during this period. In the 6 patients with concurrent comorbidity, global health and QOL had deteriorated, while in the patients without comorbidity, global health and QOL were very high. Five‐year survivors had a higher global health and better oral functioning at the 1‐year evaluation than nonsurvivors.

Conclusion

Oral function and denture satisfaction were high and did not change over time for survivors. Deterioration in overall global health and QOL was associated with concurrent comorbidity. Head Neck, 2011

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