35 Mandibular Dentures in Head and Neck Cancer Patients 2 Table 6 - Mean Scores for the IOD Group Men (n = 20) Women (n = 11) Total p Overall denture satisfaction 8.0250 5.9545 7.2903 .012 Mandibular denture satisfaction 8.4750 6.3636 7.7258 .022 Denture satisfaction General 1.9444 2.7273 2.2414 .076 Maxillary denture 2.1765 2.8000 2.4074 .217 Mandibular denture 1.6000 2.4545 1.9032 .037 Appearance 1.7000 2.5455 2.0000 .017 Retention 1.6500 2.0000 1.7742 .265 Functional comfort 1.8750 2.8182 2.2097 .052 Eating 1.9500 2.6364 2.1935 .109 Speaking 1.8500 2.6364 2.1290 .060 For the items “overall denture satisfaction” and “mandibular denture satisfaction”, the range was 0 to 10 with 0 being completely dissatisfied and 10 being completely satisfied. For items under the “denture satisfaction” heading, 1 = very satisfied, 2 = satisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = dissatisfied, and 5 = very dissatisfied. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance (p ≤ .05). Table 7 - Significant Differences for Men with CDs versus Men with IODs CD (n = 10) IOD (n = 20) Total p Mandibular denture satisfaction 6.5556 8.4750 7.8793 .003 Mandibular denture 2.4444 1.6000 1.8621 .009 Retention 2.6000 1.6500 1.9667 .016 For the item “mandibular denture satisfaction” the range was 0 to 10 with 0 being completely dissatisfied and 10 being completely satisfied. For “mandibular denture” and “retention”, 1 = very satisfied, 2 = satisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = dissatisfied, and 5 = very dissatisfied.
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