Table 2.

Prosthetic treatment and its effects on mastication, esthetics and phonetics

Patient no.	Age at first prosthetic rehabilitation	Prosthetic treatment	Prosthetic acceptance*	Masticatory improvement*	Esthetic improvement*	Phonetic improvement*
1	3 years	Removable prostheses	++	++	++	+
2	4 years 6 months	Removable prostheses	+	+	++	++
3	3 years 5 months	Removable prostheses	++	++	+	++
4	7 years 8 months	Orthodontic treatment with fixed prosthesis	+++	++	++	+
5	2 years 6 months	Removable prostheses	++	++	++	+++
6	4 years 10 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	+++	++
7	3 years 2 months	Removable prostheses	+	+++	++	+++
8	3 years 2 months	Removable prostheses	++	++	+++	++
9	3 years 9 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	+++	++
10	4 years 6 months	Removable prostheses and fixed crowns	+++	+	+	+
11	4 years 4 months	Removable prostheses	++	++	++	++
12	2 years 6 months	Removable prostheses	+	+++	+++	+++
13	6 years 8 months	Orthodontic treatment with fixed prosthesis	+++	+	+	+
14	3 years 8 months	Removable prostheses	+++	+++	+++	+++
15	3 years 2 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	+++	++
16	2 years 6 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	++	+++
17	3 years 4 months	Removable prostheses	++	++	+++	++
18	3 years 1 month	Removable prostheses	++	+++	+++	++
19	2 years 9 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	++	++
20	3 years 7 months	Removable prostheses	++	+++	++	+++

^*Evaluations were made at least 5 years after the first prosthetic rehabilitation; + fairly good, ++ good, +++ very good.