Elderly Patients' Perception of Previewing the Prosthetic Treatment Outcome
| Autor: | Alexandru Petre, Ecaterina Ionescu, Mihaela Pantea, Marina Imre, Ana Maria Cristina Tancu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Population Outcome (game theory) elderly Prosthetic treatment Treatment plan Medicine Humans Set (psychology) education Aged education.field_of_study business.industry temporary restorations General Medicine Prostheses and Implants Focus Groups prosthetic preview Focus group Patient perceptions Treatment Outcome mock-up Physical therapy Computer-Aided Design Female Original Article Geriatric dentistry business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medicine and Life |
| ISSN: | 1844-3117 |
| Popis: | The demographic statistics indicate that, with the industrial development and the advances in the medical field, the average life of the population has started to increase significantly; consequently, the needs of treatments in geriatric dentistry are becoming more and more significant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients� perception of diverse techniques used to obtain previews for final fixed prosthetic restorations: digital smile design (DSD), wax-up, indirect mock-up, temporary restorations, Computer-Aided Design (CAD). A focus group that included 11 participants, all of them geriatric patients, was formed; patients were invited to respond to a set of seven questions before and after various previsualization methods were applied. The focus-group report indicated that the indirect mock-up and the temporary restorations were considered by the geriatric patients as the best methods for obtaining good prosthetic previews. Comparing to the other tested methods, the use of indirect mock-up increased the acceptance of the prosthetic treatment plan and offered the most influential visual impact for 72.7% of participants. In addition, all tested previews allowed excellent communication with patients, the best results being obtained with the temporary prosthetic restorations (for 54.5% of participants). This approach represented a tool for better decisions regarding final dental restoration and has had a positive influence on patients� acceptance of the treatment plan as well, making the final restoration more predictable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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