Factors influencing patient satisfaction with dental appearance and treatments they desire to improve aesthetics

BMC Oral Health

Research Article

Mon Mon Tin-Oo¹  Norkhafizah Saddki¹  Nurhidayati Hassan¹ 

[1] School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia;

关键词: Dental Caries;    Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis;    Orthodontic Treatment;    Anterior Tooth;    Dental Clinic;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-11-6

 received in 2010-09-10, accepted in 2011-02-23,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe assessed factors influencing patients' satisfaction with their dental appearance and the treatments they desired to improve dental aesthetics.MethodsA cross-sectional study was performed out among 235 adult patients who visited the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia dental clinic. A structured, interviewer-guided questionnaire was used to identify patient satisfaction with their general dental appearance, cosmetic elements and desired treatments.ResultsThe 235 patients consisted of 70 males (29.8%) and 165 females (70.2%), of mean age 31.5 years (SD 13.0). Of these patients, 124 (52.8%) were not satisfied with their general dental appearance. In addition, 132 patients (56.2%) were not happy with the color of their teeth, 76 (32.3%), regarded their teeth were poorly aligned, 62 (26.4%), as crowded and 56 (23.4%) protruded. Dissatisfaction with tooth color was significantly higher in female than in male patients (odds ratio [OR] of 1.99 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-3.50). Tooth whitening was the treatment most desired by patients (48.1%). Results of multiple logistic regression analysis showed that patient dissatisfaction with general dental appearance was significantly associated with female gender (OR = 2.18; 95% CI: 1.18-4.03), unhappiness with tooth color (OR = 3.05; 95% CI: 1.74-5.34) and the opinion that their teeth protruded (OR = 2.91, 95% CI: 1.44-5.91).ConclusionsMost patients in this study were not satisfied with their dental appearance with a greater percentage of females expressing dissatisfaction than males. An age was not associated with satisfaction. Unhappiness with tooth color and feelings of having protruding teeth also had a significant negative influence on patient satisfaction with general dental appearance.

【 授权许可】

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© Tin-Oo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011