The psychological impact of prosthodontic treatment—a discrete response modelling approach

Abstract

Investigating the psychological impact of dental treatment is of high relevance to clinical decision makers and a promising approach for furthering patient satisfaction. This paper aims at detecting factors which influence the psychological impact of prosthodontic treatment and its relevance for the dentist. We apply microeconometric techniques and, specifically, control for sample selection bias in order to derive evidence from a panel database which measures oral health-related quality of life (OHIP-G) before and after treatment. The survey rests upon an initial evaluation of 381 patients between 2004 and 2005 and a follow-up in January 2006 (response rate 47%, corresponding to 180 patients) at the University Medical Centre Regensburg, Germany. Our findings indicate that persons of different age have unlike mindsets towards prosthodontic interventions and that there are gender differences with respect to the psychological sensitivity towards prosthodontic interventions. Moreover, the psychological impact attributable to treatment is influenced by the type of limitation in oral well-being before treatment. We could identify distinct factors including age, gender and the type of limitation in oral well-being as causing differentiation in the psychological impact of prosthodontic treatment. Specific patient characteristics may modulate the psychological impact of prosthodontic treatment.

A Survey to assess the Fear and Anxiety of Patients prior to Prosthodontic Treatment.

“…There are distinct factors including age, gender, type of dental/prosthodontics treatment, the psychological impact, and specific patient characteristics which may modulate the prosthodontic treatment and/or treatment outcome. 11 Hence, this survey was conducted to know the degree of dental anxiety and fear experienced by patient prior to prosthodontics treatment.…”

Functional oral health‐related quality of life impact: A systematic review in populations with tooth loss

“…In total, 3,653 potential publications were identified 17 . After exclusion of duplicate articles, incomplete studies, articles not written in English language and articles using not suitable scores to characterise Oral Function, 78 publications reported baseline or cross‐sectional data with partial or complete tooth loss (see Figure 1 for full population identification procedure) 18‐62 …”

Fatores associados aos sentimentos decorrentes da perda dentária total e às expectativas de reposição protética em adultos e idosos

“…Ademais, a reabilitação por meio de prótese convencional dupla é ainda uma opção de tratamento devido a algumas limitações da reabilitação por meio de implantes 29 . O impacto psicológico desse tratamento é fortemente influenciado pelo tipo de limitação no bem-estar ocorrido como consequência do edentulismo 21 .…”

“…O impacto psicológico desse tratamento é fortemente influenciado pelo tipo de limitação no bem-estar ocorrido como consequência do edentulismo 21 . Portanto, a satisfação do paciente com essa opção de tratamento é fator de suma importância durante seu planejamento e execução 29 , pois mesmo pacientes que aparentemente conformaram-se bem com o edentulismo tendem a criar expectativas altas para sua prótese 22 .…”