A cross-sectional study of physical and psychosocial expectations of orthognathic surgery patients based on their typology

Autor: Aaron Cronin, Deepak Komath, Devie Falinda, Paroo Mistry, Ravinder Pabla, Sarah Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vol 3, Iss, Pp 100137-(2021)
ISSN: 2667-1476
Popis: Aims: Orthognathic surgery corrects craniofacial and dentofacial disproportion that compromises breathing, masticatory function, and aesthetics. A patient's typology influences their psychosocial and physical pre-operative expectations and post-operative perceptions and is an emerging area of research. This study aims to evaluate subjective expectations and/or perceived outcomes of orthognathic surgery; and whether orthognathic surgery meets patient expectations. Method: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was administered pre- and post-operatively. Typologically, patients were classified as metamorphosisers – those with high expectation of psychosocial and physical transformation; evolvers – opposite of metamorphosisers; pragmatists – those with low expectation of psychosocial and high expectation of physical transformation; or shedders – the opposite of pragmatists. A Chi-Square goodness fit test with p
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