Effects of dental aesthetics on psycho-social wellbeing among students of health sciences.

Autor: Zaidi AB; Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry, Ziauddin College of Dentistry, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan., Karim AA; Ziauddin College of dentistry, Ziauddin University, Karachi Pakistan., Mohiuddin S; Community & Preventive Dentistry, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan., Rehman K; Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry, Ziauddin College of Dentistry, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association [J Pak Med Assoc] 2020 Jun; Vol. 70 (6), pp. 1002-1005.
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine the effects of dental aesthetics and socio-demographics on psychosocial well-being among students of health sciences.
Methods: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at a private tertiary care health centre in Karachi from March to August 2018, and comprised medical, dental and pharmacy students. Data was collected using a structured adapted questionnaire comprising Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire and Aesthetic Component of Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need which was graded from group 1 to group 5. Data was analysed using SPSS 22.
Results: Of the 385 subjects, 122(31.7%) were males and 263(68.3%) were females. The overall mean age was 20.6±1.70 years. There were 177(46%) medial students, 125(32.5%) dental and 83(21.6%) pharmacy undergraduates. Dental aesthetics concern and social impact factors were significantly different between the genders (p<0.05). The two factors were also significantly different with respect to years of study (p<0.05). Significant difference was observed between aesthetic concern and age (p<0.05). Dental self-confidence the highest in group 1 with a mean of 2.6±1.02, and the lowest in group 5 with a mean of 2.0±1.16 of Aesthetic Component of Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need.
Conclusions: The psycho-social life was affected by poor dental aesthetics, indicating that dental therapy and cosmetic treatments had an influence over psychological well-being of individuals.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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