Volume 9 Issue 2 (March - April) 2023

Original Articles

A SURVEY TO EVALUATE DENTURE AESTHETICS AND SATISFACTION OF COMPLETE DENTURE PATIENTS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE, SHIMLA
Renu Gupta, Sonali Sharma, Divya Vashisht, Alageswaran Vignesh, Manisha Kumari

A pleasant smile is an expression of joy. Restoring smile in edentulous patient may be considered as an achievement because smile is an integral part of the face and more generally of whole person it expresses beauty, age, personality and youth1. Physical attractiveness is an important social issue in our culture which exerts significant influence not only in the social interactions but also self-concept, psychological well-being, and social behaviour of an individual. A complete denture allows the patient to return to normalcy and social well-being. The aesthetic concern and expectations of patients undergoing complete denture treatment were not fully satisfied as majority of people provided a lower rating for overall satisfaction with denture aesthetics; as a result, patient needs for denture aesthetics and denture base characterisation should be attended to and more weight should be placed on denture aesthetics.

 
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