Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Experience of Dentists

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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patient Satisfaction
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Complete denture fabrication

Detailed Description

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 60

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Jordan
  • Amman, Jordan, 11942
    • The university of Jordan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

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.

Description

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.

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Exclusion Criteria:

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Complete dentures fabricated by undergraduate students	Procedure: Complete denture fabrication; Patient satisfaction was assessed regarding dentures fabricated by students and specialists after 8 weeks of delivery
Complete dentures fabricated by prosthodontists	Procedure: Complete denture fabrication; Patient satisfaction was assessed regarding dentures fabricated by students and specialists after 8 weeks of delivery

What is the study measuring?

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Jordan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 10, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): July 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): October 13, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 13, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Patient satisfaction; survey; treatment outcomes; Complete denture; edentulous patients
• Other Study ID Numbers: YOweis

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No