The Satisfaction of Patient with Respect to the Aesthetic and Phonetic of Removable Partial Denture Therapy for Iraqi Patient

Abstract

Background: The purpose of the dental treatment is getting the satisfaction of patient, in addition to
reestablish and improve oral health and functions. Negative effect on aesthetic and speech can produced
from losing of teeth, so; substituting of losing teeth with suitable prostheses was mandatory for maintenance
of oral health.
Method: The patients participated in this study were (160) with aRPD, sixty males and one hundred females,
age range (30-60) years. After construction of the prosthesis, then ask the patients questions about aesthetic
and phonetic after placement of RPD, and the satisfaction of patient was evaluated.
Conclusion: From the point of phonetic and esthetic of the denture, largest percentage of the female were very
satisfy compared with the male. Non-significant differences between the age groups in respect of esthetic,
while about the phonetic, the largest percentage of the younger patient was very satisfy compared with the
older patient. The employed patient have largest percentage of satisfaction to the esthetic of the denture,
while the non-employed patient have largest percentage of satisfaction to the phonetic of the denture .