Endocrine disorders, nutritional and metabolic diseases, pathological conditions, signs and symptoms, digestive system diseases
Conditions
Interventions
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Prosthetic rehabilitation with complete or partial conventional dentures, 32 elderly patients, 16 from the control group (without obesity) and 16 from the experimental group (with obesity)
Device
Sponsors
Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (Fop/Unicamp)
Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (Fop/Unicamp)
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For the experimental group, partial edentulous elderly (equal or greater than 65 years) in at least one of the dental arches will be included, presenting the following criteria: good general health, or presence of properly controlled systemic diseases (such as hypertension and diabetes); diagnosis of obesity, according to anthropometric measurements and BIA parameters; normal salivary flow (equal or greater than 0.6 ml/min); absence of RPDs for at least 3 months. Elderly for the control group will be selected according to the same criteria, except for the presence of obesity.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly smokers, with physical and/or cognitive impairments, presence of parafunctional habits, history of symptomatology of the temporomandibular joints and/or chewing muscles, elderly diagnosed with sarcopenia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the masticatory function of obese elderly patients using removable dentures; verified by sieving method, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment.;Improvement of mandibular movements, verified by kinesiograph, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment. ;Improvement of maximum bite force, verified by force sensors over the occlusal surface of teeth, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment. ;Improvement of masseter thickness, verified by ultrasound equipment, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment. ;Improvement of oral-health related quality of life, verified by OHIP-Edent questionnaire, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment. ;Improvement the quality of nutritional ingestion, verified by diet diary, after 3, 6 and 12 months of prosthetic treatment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactTalita Carletti
Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (Fop/Unicamp)
Outcome results
None listed