Satisfação e qualidade de vida de pacientes idosos relacionadas ao uso de próteses totais mucossuportadas - uma revisão de literatura.

Abstract

The Brazilian population is aging rapidly, and with the aging population, there is a high number of edentulous patients. The quality of life is related to how oral health affects the daytoday lives of individuals. Thus, tooth loss affects quality of life, as it reduces people's ability to chew, speak and relate to the world. The rehabilitation of this condition must permit a satisfactory quality of life in relation to the achievement of own mouth activities. One of the proposals for the rehabilitation of edentulous patients is the complete denture treatment. The objective of this review is to discuss satisfaction and quality of life of elderly patients regarding the use of dentures. The methodology consisted of a literature review, from a survey of papers and articles relating to the quality of life of elderly associated with the use of total dental prostheses in databases: Medline, Lilacs, SciELO and CAPES journals. Being excluded those productions that did not meet the theme. We conclude that the type of prosthesis subjective parameters can influence the degree of patient satisfaction with rehabilitation and quality of life after oral rehabilitation with complete dentures.