Patient motives and fulfillment of motives in renewal of complete dentures
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3109/00016358408993876Keywords:
Interview, patient acceptance of health care, prosthesis, psychology, regression analysisAbstract
AbstractSeventy-four edentulous patients were interviewed concerning their opinion of their old dentures, motives for renewing them, and requirements for new ones. After an initial period of adaptation they were asked questions relating to their experience with the new dentures. More than 80% of the patients claimed to have functional motives for renewing their old dentures. A similar proportion had functional requirements with regard to the new ones. Less than 30% claimed to have any esthetic motives. Examination of the data, however, suggests that the esthetic factor may be underrecorded. The patient motives, as recorded, were only weakly correlated to the overall acceptance of new dentures. More than 90% found their new dentures as expected or better than expected.
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica publishes original research papers as well as critical reviews relevant to the diagnosis, epidemiology, health service, prevention, aetiology, pathogenesis, pathology, physiology, microbiology, development and treatment of diseases affecting tissues of the oral cavity and associated structures including papers on cause and effect or explanatory/associative relationships for experimental or observational studies.
