Table 1.
A questionnaire has been developed with 6 questions, about overdentures tooth-supported and overdentures implant-supported. Themes identified were around social, emotional and practical issues about eating. The questionnaire was proposed at the same patients one year after the insertion of the overdenture.
| OVERDENTURES TOOTH-SUPPORTED | insufficient | enough | not bad | good | excellent |
| How do you rate the aesthetics of your smile? | 11 | 7 | |||
| How do you rate the quality of your mastication? | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
| How do you rate the quality of expression and phonetics? | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||
| How do you rate the facility of cleaning of the prostethis? | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| How do you rate the facility of removal and insertion of your denture? | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| more than 5 times | 3,4 or 5 | 2 | 1 | never | |
| In the last year how many times did you need to control the prosthesis for trouble, fracture or other problems?* | 2 | 16 | |||
| OVERDENTURES IMPLANT-SUPPORTED | insufficient | enough | not bad | good | excellent |
| How do you rate the aesthetics of your smile? | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||
| How do you rate the quality of your mastication? | 5 | 11 | 9 | ||
| How do you rate the quality of expression and phonetics? | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |
| How do you rate the facility of cleaning of the prosthesis? | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |
| How do you rate the facility of removal and insertion of your denture? | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||
| more than 5 times | 3,4 or 5 | 2 | 1 | never | |
| In the last year how many times did you need to control the prosthesis for trouble, fracture or other problems?* | 1 | 24 |
*
except routine check-ups and oral hygiene