Causes and Pattern of Non Compliance with Instructions given after Fitting of Removable Partial Dentures (RPDs) among Patients in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Objective: The study was carried out to assess the pattern of non compliance with instructions given after fitting of RPDs and to evaluate the reasons for non compliance. Patients and method: The study was a cross-sectional study among consecutive denture wearers in a Nigerian teaching Hospital. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used to assess the pattern and causes of noncompliance with post denture insertion instructions. Data collected were imputed into a personal computer and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Chisquare was used to test association between categorical variables. The level of significance was set at p