Qualidade de vida e capacidade mastigatória em sujeitos com fissuras labiopalatinas e usuários de prótese total superior = Quality of life and masticatory ability of selected foods in cleft lip and palate subjects and maxillary denture wearers

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Palmeiro, Marina Rechden Lobato
• Orientador(a): Shinkai, Rosemary Sadami Arai
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia
• Departamento: Faculdade de Odontologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: ODONTOLOGIA; QUALIDADE DE VIDA; MASTIGAÇÃO; DEPRESSÃO; PRÓTESE DENTÁRIA; FENDA LABIAL; FISSURA LABIOPALATAL
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/1236

Problems related to chewing, speech, appearance and social integration influence the individual s quality of life (QoL). Oral rehabilitation may have positive effects on QoL. This thesis consists of two manuscripts about oral rehabilitation in treated adult subjects with large loss of oral tissues. The first manuscript consists of an original research article comparing variables of interest in cleft lip and palate (CLP) subjects and maxillary denture wearers. The second manuscript presents a case report where a prosthetic rehabilitation was performed in one of the CLP subjects from the sample of the research article in the first manuscript. The first manuscript has compared QoL, depression and perception of masticatory ability between CLP subjects, maxillary denture wearers and healthy controls. OHIP-14 was used to assess QoL. Chewing was evaluated by a masticatory ability questionnaire and by maximum bite force (MBF). RDC/TMD Axis II was used to assess depression. The results suggest that adults with treated CLP or maxillary dentures still report chewing impairment and poorer QoL than healthy subjects, with different psychological and functional impacts for each group. It can be concluded that the oral rehabilitation in these subjects was not sufficient to restore the similar levels of masticatory capacity and QoL in healthy subjects. The second manuscript describes an oral rehabilitation of a CLP patient, which was considered successful. The treatment plan of the present case consisted of a maxillary rehabilitation using an association of removable partial denture, attachments and telescopic crowns in order to seal the oronasal communication and restore dental occlusion, vertical dimension and lip support. The prosthetic approach adopted in this case was effective since it restored masticatory function and aesthetics of the CLP subject. Further studies using quantitative and qualitative approaches are needed to better understand those variables studied in these subjects in order to optimize their dental treatment.