ORAL STEREOGNOSTIC SCORE IN EDENTULOUS PATIENTS

Ali Waqar Qureshi; Shoaib Rahim; Maria Shakoor Abbasi; Qayyum Akhtar; Saba Waqar Qureshi

Ali Waqar Qureshi BDS, FCPS, Senior Registrar in Department of Prosthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi
Shoaib Rahim BDS, FCPS, Assistant Professor, Head of Department of Prosthodontics, Foundation University College of Dentistry, Islamabad
Maria Shakoor Abbasi BDS, FCPS, Assistant Professor in Prosthodontics, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi
Qayyum Akhtar BDS, FCPS, Assistant Professor,28 MDC, Lahore
Saba Waqar Qureshi BDS, MPhil, Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Materials, Army Medical College, Abid Majid Road, Rawalpindi

Keywords: Stereognosis, Oral sensation, Edentulous

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the mean oral stereognostic score of completely edentulous patients. Study design was Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. The study was conducted in Prosthodontic Department, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi from May 2017 to October 2017 over a period of 06 months.
A total of 30 patients between age of 45-75 years were selected. Oral stereognostic ability (OSA) scores were recorded using OSA intra oral tools and noted down on the performa. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Total of n=30 patients were selected out of which 56.7% (n=17) were males and 43.3% (n=13) were females. The mean + SD age of patients were 61.93 + 7.329 years. Out of these 30 patients 56.7% (n=17) were diabetic whereas 43.3% (n=13) were non-diabetic. The Mean + SD of period of Edentulism of patients was 5 + 1.965 years.
Within the limitations of this study, it is concluded that the oral stereognostic scores of patients were high resulting in a poor stereognostic ability.

ORAL STEREOGNOSTIC SCORE IN EDENTULOUS PATIENTS

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