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

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.

• Authors: Anke Korfage, Pieter J Schoen, Gerry M Raghoebar, Jelte Bouma, Fred R Burlage, Jan L N Roodenburg, Arjan Vissink, Harry Reintsema
• Journal: Head & neck (Head Neck) Vol. 33 Issue 6 Pg. 831-9 (Jun 2011) ISSN: 1097-0347 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21560179 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Cohort Studies
• Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported
• Denture, Overlay
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mouth Neoplasms (mortality, pathology, surgery)
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Neoplasm Staging
• Netherlands
• Oral Health
• Postoperative Care (methods)
• Prognosis
• Prospective Studies
• Quality of Life
• Plastic Surgery Procedures (methods)
• Recovery of Function
• Risk Assessment
• Statistics, Nonparametric
• Surgery, Oral (methods)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Survivors