Patients Satisfaction after Endodontic Treatment in Saudi Arabia

Alshammari, Yasmeen; Almuthhin, Muthhin; Alarajah, Alzahra; Barri, Ghaidaa Mohammed; Alshammari, Hajr; Alshahrani, Sami

doi:10.12816/0043984

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“…[3] Cost It showed that increasing endodontic care costs decrease patient satisfaction. [7] In this study, concern about cost from pre-treatment 10 (6.6) has been significantly reduced posttreatment 2 (1.3) and found causing less impact on decision making for treatment. Which found Similar to Chandraweera et al [3] where patients reported RCT to be more expensive than anticipated when questioned before treatment and this reduced to 44% after treatment.…”

Section: Concern About Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…A research conducted in Riyadh in adolescent females to determine dental fear and anxiety found that 29% of participants had high rates of anxiety. Al-Shammary et al [7] carried out a study in which 11.8% of the respondents surveyed viewed dental care as a painful process. [6] Dental anxiety and fear appear to differ from treatment types.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Periodontal or endodontic procedures have shown to be more anxiety than restorative or prophylactic procedures. [5,7,8] Recent research shows there are variations between men and women in experiences of pain. While most studies indicate women have greater sensitivity to pain than men, but there are discrepancies in the literature.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[8] Various authors have suggested that social, psychological, and behavioral factors such as awareness, values, perceptions, desires, and behavior can affect the patients decision for dental care and their satisfaction after treatment. [7,10] Many of the variables analyzed in the past studies include the socioeconomic status of patients, educational level, quality of life and health background, aspirations, and past dental experiences objective or subjective. Any of these factors as well as misunderstandings regarding the treatment protocol are often cited as explanations for people to opt out of RCT.…”

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Patients’ perceptions and experiences about the root canal treatment: An exploratory study among Saudi population

Aleid¹

2021

AJOHAS

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Objectives: Root canal treatment (RCT) is one of the most popular treatments at dental setting and pain and anxiety is a great source of concern for dental patients and dentist. However, in Saudi Arabia the current literature containing data on endodontic pain with clear comparisons of pre-treatment and post-treatment is extremely rare. The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of Saudi population about RCT and its relation with pain and anxiety. Material and Methods: A sample of 76 patients were selected for this questionnaire based survey. Participants were asked to provide their response toward the endodontic treatment before and after the treatment. Pre-validated questionnaires consisted of demographic data, questions on anxiety, pain, and concerned about RCT. Descriptive statistics, independent, and paired t-tests were used to compare between pre-test and post-test score. The level of statistical significance was set at 5%. Results: In the present study, patient’s anxiety score was assessed which was found to be significantly decreased from pre-treatment 31.47 ± 28.90 to post-treatment 23.28 ± 25.95. Likewise, mean anticipated and experience of pain score were also significantly reduced pre-treatment 41.07 ± 29.35 to post-treatment 21.90 ± 24.50. Conclusion: Current study reported a significant difference in reduction of mean anxiety for RCT post-treatment. Moreover, there was significant difference found between anticipated pain and experienced pain for the treatment. Before the treatment significant number of patients was not concerned for RCT and majority of the patients were concerned for pain associated to RCT.

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Section: Concern About Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 59%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Patients’ perceptions and experiences about the root canal treatment: An exploratory study among Saudi population

Aleid¹

2021

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“…Patient's satisfaction towards endodontic treatment is related to different factors, such as factors related to the patient himself like his health status and the others depending on the nature of the endodontic procedure itself [34].…”

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Attitudes of Libyan Patients towards the Use of Rubber Dam in Endodontic Treatment in Benghazi

Orafi¹,

Hammad²

2018

ojdom

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Aims: this study investigated the attitudes of adult patients in Benghazi towards the use of rubber dam (RD) and evaluated time needed for rubber dam application and duration of use. Methodology: A self-administrated questionnaire was designed and distributed to 200 patients receiving endodontic treatment by: (a) General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) (b) Endodontists. Patients were kindly requested to fill the questionnaire directly after the treatment. Data were entered into a database and subsequently analyzed using SPSS. Results: The majority of patients (77% and 70%) whom were treated by endodontists and GDPs respectively reported they would prefer RD to be used at their next appointment, and most had a positive attitude of the experience. A statistically significant association between age and gender was found among the GDPs' patients (P<0.05). 87.9% and 65.6% of patients whom were treated by endodontists and GPDs respectively reported that the operators sufficiently explained the purpose of rubber dam to them, a statistically significant difference between the two groups of patients (P<0.001) was reported. The mean time needed for rubber dam placement was 4.28 min for GDPs and 1.10 minutes for endodontists, which was statistically significant. A significant difference between the two groups of patients with regards to their opinions toward the benefit of using the rubber dam was noticed (P< 0.05). Prolonged RD use exhibited association with a negative opinion of the experience of RD. Conclusions: Patients generally showed a positive attitude towards the RD. Moreover, some patients showed a negative attitude because of time taken by inexperienced operator in placement of rubber dam.

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A Novel Scale to Assess Parental Satisfaction of Dental Local Anesthetic Techniques in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

Alkhouli

Al‐Nerabieah

Dashash

2023

Pain Research and Management

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Background. Pain control is one of the most important aspects that can affect parental satisfaction of the dental care provided for children. Dental local anesthesia has the highest impact on pain sensation of the children. However, there is no scale in the literature to assess parental satisfaction of dental local anesthetic techniques. Objectives. This study was aimed to assess the parental satisfaction with dental local anesthetic techniques for their children through designing a scale that reflects satisfaction and to study the validity and reliability of this scale. Methods. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 150 parents (102 mothers and 48 fathers). Two techniques of local anesthesia were used for each child participated in this study (inferior alveolar nerve block and computerized intraosseous anesthesia). The developed scale consisted of 20 items in a 5-point Likert scale. Half of the items were written in a negative format. Internal consistency, validity, and factor analysis were performed in this study. Independent t-test was used to compare between the two techniques of anesthesia, between boys and girls and among fathers and mothers. Results. Parental satisfaction mean values were higher in the computerized intraosseous anesthesia group in comparison to inferior alveolar nerve block ( P value <0.05). The T-test showed that there was no difference between boys and girls regarding parental satisfaction ( P value >0.05). Furthermore, fathers show lower satisfaction in the computerized interosseous anesthesia group ( P value <0.05). Excellent internal consistency of this scale was resulted as Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was 0.985. After factor analysis, seven factor components were retained by using varimax rotation. Conclusions. Findings of this study reported that the designed parental satisfaction of dental local anesthetic techniques scale (PSLAS) is a valid and reliable scale to be used. Moreover, this study showed that parental satisfaction was higher when computerized intraosseous anesthesia was used in comparison to inferior alveolar nerve block.

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Patients Satisfaction after Endodontic Treatment in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Patients’ perceptions and experiences about the root canal treatment: An exploratory study among Saudi population

Patients’ perceptions and experiences about the root canal treatment: An exploratory study among Saudi population

Attitudes of Libyan Patients towards the Use of Rubber Dam in Endodontic Treatment in Benghazi

A Novel Scale to Assess Parental Satisfaction of Dental Local Anesthetic Techniques in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

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