The study of associated factors in relation to patient satisfaction during fixed orthodontic treatment from patients’ aspects

Impact of Age and Marital Status of Orthodontic Patients on their Satisfaction with Duration of Treatment, Perception and Attitude towards Accelerated Orthodontics

“…However, the present Nigerian study has shown that younger age group had significantly more satisfaction with the treatment duration compared to the Japanese study [43] where there was no statistically significant difference between patients who were less than 24 years and those above. This could be because this Nigerian study dichotomized the age differently (<20 years and > 20 years) from the Japanese study (<24 years and > 24 years).…”

“…Within 6 months of orthodontic treatment duration, satisfied patients (66.1%) were two times greater than unsatisfied ones (33.9%). With increased time, over six months duration, satisfied patients (87.3%) were drastically higher than the unsatisfied patients (12.7%) and they were statistically significant (p < 0.004) [43]. This report could be comparable to our present Nigerian study because both studies have shown that orthodontic patients were significantly satisfied with treatment and treatment duration.…”

“…Meanwhile, both the present Nigerian study and the Japanese study [43] According to Khaing et al [43], in checking the relationship between frequency of visits to the clinic for various complaints and satisfaction with treatment (69.4%) that prolonged treatment duration and patients who only visited the clinic once a month (84.1%), these two visits were statistically significant in patient satisfaction (p < 0.05)..In addition, the Japanese study [43] considered other patient's experiences such as the frequency of the patients having oral hygiene problems and discomfort and patient's awareness of tooth movement The present Nigerian study did not consider these experiences and their possibly effect on their 121 satisfaction with the treatment duration. It is important to note that negligible association was found between oral health related quality of life assessed by using General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and patients satisfaction during fixed orthodontic treatment [43].…”

“…This result totally agrees with this study in which most of the patients of any age group weresatisfied with their current orthodontic treatment condition. However, a recent study showed that therewas a relationshipbetween age and patient satisfaction [42] which was in contrast with the very recent study by Khaing et al [43]. Within 6 months of orthodontic treatment duration, satisfied patients (66.1%) were two times greater than unsatisfied ones (33.9%).…”