Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Experience of Dentists

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Rehabilitation of the edentulous patients has always been a challenge. The success of this treatment modality is not only affected by the patients' acceptance of his new dentures, but on his ability to use them which depends to a great extent on the quality of those dentures. It is strongly believed that the success of dental treatments is affected by the experience of a dentist. The aim of this study was to compare patient satisfaction with complete dentures provided by forth and fifth year dental students and prosthodontists at the University of Jordan Hospital one week and 8 weeks post insertion

Detailed Description
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After obtaining the ethical approval, questionnaires were distributed to a total of 60 patients who accepted to participate in this study. The 60 patients consisted of 2 groups. The first group included patients treated by fourth and fifth year students, the second group consisted of patients treated by prosthodontists with a minimum of 5 years of experience. The questionnaire was distributed to those patients 8 weeks post insertion of complete upper and lower dentures. The questionnaire was divided into 3 parts. the first part included demographic and contact information questions for the patient. The second part included examination to the upper and lower dental arches and a third part included questions that probed the patient's satisfaction with his upper and lower dentures in general. Furthermore, the questionnaire included questions about the patient's comfort with his dentures, whether he is satisfied with the esthetics, phonetics, retention, efficiency in mastication, and ease of cleaning. This part of the survey was adapted from the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-EDENT) questionnaire.

Official Title
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Association Between Patient Satisfaction With Complete Dentures and the Clinical Experience of the Treating Dentist

Conditions
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Patient Satisfaction

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Complete denture fabrication


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:The study population was completely edentulous patients attending the undergraduate students' clinic and specialty Prosthodontic clinics at the Jordan University Hospital in need of conventional complete dentures. - Exclusion Criteria: -
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Complete dentures fabricated by undergraduate students<br> | Procedure: Complete denture fabrication<br>* Patient satisfaction was assessed regarding dentures fabricated by students and specialists after 8 weeks of delivery<br>|
| Complete dentures fabricated by prosthodontists<br> | Procedure: Complete denture fabrication<br>* Patient satisfaction was assessed regarding dentures fabricated by students and specialists after 8 weeks of delivery<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient satisfaction | Visual Analogue Scale based questionnaire with 10 items regarding patient satisfaction | 8 weeks after delivery | 
| OHIP-EDENT | 20 item questionnaire regarding the oral health impact profile | 8 weeks after delivery | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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survey, Complete denture, Patient satisfaction, edentulous patients, treatment outcomes