Rafi Ullah Awan, Hira Asghar, Asad Ullah, Haider Javed.
Acrylic Partial Denture Versus Chromium Cobalt Denture: a Study, Gauging the patient Satisfaction for What is Best and Most Suitable in a Defined Local Population.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):14-7.

Aim : To assess patient satisfaction in Kennedy’s class I classification in mandibular molars either by using acrylic partial denture or chromium cobalt cast partial denture. Methods: This study was conducted at Akhtar Saeed Dental Hospital, Bahria Town, Lahore from 1st July 2016 to 31st December 2017. A total number of 32 patients were selected randomly that needed the removable partial dentures according to their own consent. These patients were categorized into two groups with 16 patients in each group. Group 1 was having patients wearing the acrylic partial dentures having Kennedy’s class I classification of missing teeth in mandible. The second group had cast partial denture with same conditions. Level of satisfaction was scored by the five division grades. Results: The p value corresponding to F-statistic of one way ANOVA is lower than 0.05 revealing that two groups are significantly different. Conclusion: Acrylic removable partial denture remained more satisfactory to the patients as compared to cast partial denture. This significant difference resulting from patient satisfaction was in terms of esthetics, ease of repair or relining of the appliance and the economically cost effectiveness.

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