Publications by authors named "Yoshiki Soejima"
Background: Oral hypofunction is the stage before oral dysfunction. The subjective symptoms of poor oral function and the decline in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) that occur in the oral hypofunction stage can be missed.
Objective: This multicentre cross-sectional study was performed to examine the relationships between the test results for oral hypofunction, subjective frailty symptoms and OHRQoL of outpatients in dental clinics.
Article Synopsis
- - This study analyzed the impact of different dental prosthetic methods on patients with Kennedy Class I partial edentulism, focusing on aspects like oral function, frailty symptoms, and quality of life.
- - 348 patients were divided into three groups: those with natural teeth (NT), those using removable partial dentures (RPD), and those with implant-supported fixed prostheses (ISFP), and their oral health was evaluated through various tests and questionnaires.
- - Results indicated that the RPD group experienced poorer oral hygiene, reduced chewing ability, and higher rates of frailty symptoms compared to the ISFP group, suggesting that the type of prosthetic method significantly influences patients' oral health outcomes.
Background: The longitudinal clinical outcomes over decades contribute to know potential factors leading to implant failure or complications and help in the decision of treatment alternatives.
Methods: The cases of all patients who received dental implants treated with titanium plasma-sprayed surfaces and whose prostheses were set in the period 1984-1990 at seven private practices were retrospectively analyzed. The cumulative survival rate, the cumulative incidence of peri-implantitis, and the complication-free prosthesis rate were calculated with Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and the factors' influence on implant survival rate and the incidence of peri-implantitis were determined by a single factor in univariate analyses and multivariate analyses.