Assessment of nutritional status one month after complete denture therapy

Aim: to assess the nutritional status of first time denture wearers,one month after the placement of complete dentures. methods: this descriptive case series was carried out in punjab dental hospital,lahore for 6 months. non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used to select 165 patients. conventional complete dentures were made and after one month adaptability period body mass index (bmi) and nutritional status was assessed using nutritional health checklist. the data was entered and analyzed on spss version 22. results: the mean age of patients was 57.28±7.26 years. male to female ratio was 2.1:1. the mean bmi of patients was 24.97±2.44 kg/m2. good nutritional health was observed in 72(43.64%) patients,moderate nutritional health was found in 78(47.72%) patients. conclusion: most of the patients were with good and moderate nutritional health status one month after the placement of complete dentures. © 2016,lahore medical and dental college. all rights reserved.