Evaluation of Body Mass Index Before and After Prosthetic Rehabilitation with Complete Denture Therapy.

The objective of this study was to compare body mass index (BMI) of the edentulous patients before and after complete denture therapy. Forty five (45) patients who had been edentulous for six months to one year and required complete dentures were selected for this study; of them 25(55.56%) were males and 20(44.44%) were females and age range was between 40 to 70 years. Every patient was provided with complete dentures fabricated with ethical standard procedures. Analysis of the body mass index (BMI) was done at base line; and at three and six months follow up. The mean BMI values were found 19.58±1.93; 20.63±1.89 and 22.02±1.80 at base line, at three months follow up and at six months follow up respectively. The differences of the BMI values were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05) both at 3 months and 6 months follow up compared to the base line value.