Patients' and dentists' perception of dental appearance
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Christian J. Mehl ,Sِnke Harder & Matthias Kern ,Stefan Wolfart
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
The purpose of this study was to compare the patients' and dentists' perception of dental appearance. Based on internationally accepted guidelines about dental esthetics, a questionnaire was developed to measure پgdental appearanceپh (QDA). Eleven items defined a QDA sum score (0=پgabsolutely satisfiedپh, 44=پgabsolutely dissatisfiedپh). The QDAwas completed by 16 patients (eight women, eight men, mean age 63پ}9 years) before and after a complete oral rehabilitation. Forty-two dentists evaluated the esthetics before and after rehabilitation on a visual analog scale (VAS, 0=پgabsolutely unestheticپh, 100=پgabsolutely estheticپh). The patients' quoting showed a significant esthetic improvement (QDA sum score) from 22 before treatment to 3.5 after treatment (P.0.001). Although most of the dentists judged an improvement in most of the patients dental appearances, no significant correlation could be found between patients' and dentists' judgment regarding dental appearance (r=.0.13. 0.53, P>0.05). When evaluating the influence of age, gender, and experience on rating dental appearance, no significant differences (P>0.05) could be found.
Clin Oral Invest (2011) 15:193–199 DOI 10.1007/s00784-010-0393-y
