Methods:Data was collected from dental records of all patients who received pair of complete dentures during the aforementioned years. Data was based on questionnaire and clinical examination. Results:189 files (representing 99 men,90 women) were examined. The patients' mean age was 65.
Over the examined years, there was a trend of increase in the number of full and partial dentures performed (by Dentists as well as by students).
The most prominent cause for replacing old dentures was discomfort and/or pain. The rare complaints related to phonetics and food entrapment. Clinical examination results revealed that problems related to support, stability, retention and dentures margins' status, occurred more often in the lower jaws. In analysis of association between different variables, lower levels of overall comfort and chewing efficiency were both significantly associated with unbalanced occlusion(p=0.006 for comfort, p=0.017 for chewing).Chewing efficiency was positively correlated with comfort level(Pearson correlation,p=0.00). Conclusions: The results of this research provide large data regarding the factors that influence the quality of removable dentures, and also emphasize problems in dental education. findings may contribute to improving the curriculum of removable dentures (E.G improvement of students' skills in anamnesis and clinical examination Procedures).