Impacts of Denture Retention and Stability on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, General Health, and Happiness in Elderly Thais

Table 2

Distribution of the participants with reported oral impacts according to main symptoms and chief complaints.

Symptoms and Chief complaints	Reported condition-specific impacts; %
	Physical (42.9)			Psychological (27.8)			Social (7.1)
	Eating (42.1)	Speaking (23.0)	Cleaning (2.4)	Emotion (19.0)	Smiling/Laughing (15.1)	Sleeping (2.4)	Contacting (7.1)	Working (2.4)
Main symptoms^†: n%
Functional limitation	94.3	100.0	0.0	62.5	94.7	0.0	100.0	100.0
Pain/Discomfort	79.3	55.2	66.7	83.3	31.6	100.0	55.6	33.3
Appearance dissatisfaction	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Main chief complaints^†: n%
Ill-fitting denture	81.1	79.3	33.3	75.0	94.7	33.3	88.9	100.0
Chewing pain from denture	50.9	3.4	66.7	20.8	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.0
Bulky denture	22.6	17.2	0.0	33.3	0.0	33.3	11.1	33.3
Bad denture occlusion	22.6	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Food retention	22.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Poor esthetics of denture	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

^†Main symptoms and chief complaints were determined among those with CS-impacts. A person could report more than one symptoms/complaint.