Retrospective evaluation of oral health-related quality of life in patients after dental implant treatment

Aims: The study aimed to evaluate oral health-related quality of life in patients long after dental implant treatment. Methods: The study was carried out on patients who underwent dental implant surgery and completed prosthetic treatment at Erciyes University Faculty of Dentistry between 2009 and 2013. Oral health-related quality of life was evaluated by applying the OHIP-14 scale to the patients. The data obtained from the patients was compared in terms of age, gender, educational status, and prosthesis type. Results: After 10–14 years of follow-up, the dental implant survival rate was 96.3%. There was no statistically significant difference between OHIP-14 scores according to gender and educational status (p>0.05). It was determined that individuals between the ages of 18 and 50 were statistically more advantageous than individuals between the ages of 51 and 73 in terms of functional limitation and physical pain subcategories (p