Eficiencia masticatoria y nivel de satisfacción en pacientes tratados con prótesis totales.

Abstract

Introduction: Total prostheses are removable devices that constitute the treatment for rehabilitating patients suffering from edentulism. Chewing efficiency is defined as the number of chewing cycles needed to reach a certain level of food degradation. Objective: Determine the Chewing efficiency and satisfaction level in patients treated with total prostheses at UCSG. Semester B-2023. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach was conducted. Chewing efficiency was determined using two colored chewing gums from the "BUBBLE BOY" brand and patients from the PRECEPTODEN program from the partial and removable prosthesis II department at the UCSG dental clinic during the B-2023 period, following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Twenty-seven edentulous patients, regardless of gender, treated with total prostheses were selected, and the GOHAI survey was employed to assess satisfaction levels with prosthesis use. Conclusions: The results concluded that patients with single maxillary prostheses demonstrated higher chewing efficiency than those with bimaxillary prostheses. There was a high satisfaction level associated with very low chewing performance, and no significant correlation was found between the GOHAI test and chewing efficiency.