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Using multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusted odds ratios were evaluated along with their 95% confidence intervals (\u03b1 = 0.05). After adjusting for covariates, including age, gender, smoking, drinking, hypertension, diabetes, body mass index, education, income, and toothbrushing frequency, the odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for chewing discomfort in groups without a dental prosthesis, with fixed dental prostheses, with removable partial dentures, and with removable complete dentures were 1 (reference), 1.363 (1.213\u20131.532), 2.275 (1.879\u20132.753), and 2.483 (1.929\u20133.197), respectively. The association between the prevalence of chewing discomfort and the type of dental prosthesis used was statistically significant even after adjusting for various confounders (p &lt; 0.0001). 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