Patient Satisfaction with Their Esthetic after Receiving Comprehensive Care at a Dental School
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 15, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Student training through the delivery of comprehensive care is the key mission of any dental school. Comprehensive care consists of complete patient evaluation and treatments in terms of, the patient’s dental needs and desires was identified and it implies that all those needs and desires will be addressed in a timely, appropriately sequenced, caring, and professionally responsible manner. Purpose: This study aimed to investigate degree of patients’ satisfaction with their esthetic after receiving comprehensive dental treatment by undergraduate dental student at Taibah University. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 patients (mean age 30±10 years) were selected from a student pool at school of dentistry, Taibah University. The patients were surveyed with a questionnaire before and after receiving a comprehensive care by undergraduate students at Taibah University. The questionnaire includes information regarding to patients' age, gender, self-reported tooth appearance, educational level, required final esthetic result needed and any previous dental treatments. A scale ranging from 1 to 5 was used to assess general satisfaction. Results: The patients’ assessments were high, and more than half of them graded their satisfaction with their esthetic as excellent. On average, all variables were assessed higher by the patients compared to the results of questionnaire applied before start of their comprehensive care. Conclusion: The patient assessment of the esthetic outcomes after receiving comprehensive care was promising. However, the few dissatisfied patients assessed no satisfaction with the results obtained.
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Hadeel Bafaqeeh, Samah Saker
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