Patient satisfaction concerning implant-supported prostheses: an observational study

• Autor(a) principal: GURGEL,Bruno César de Vasconcelos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: PASCOAL,Ana Luísa de Barros, SOUZA,Bruno Luiz Menezes de, DANTAS,Poliana Medeiros Cunha, MONTENEGRO,Sheyla Christinne Lira, OLIVEIRA,Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli da Costa, CALDERON,Patrícia dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Oral Research
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242015000100235
• topic: Personal Satisfaction; Dental Implants; Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported

The aim of this observational study was to assess the degree of patient satisfaction toward implant-supported prostheses. A questionnaire was used with two scales (one consisting of detailed adjectival and the other of numerical responses) regarding chewing, esthetics, speaking, comfort and overall satisfaction. The scales were administered to a sample of 147 patients treated with implants and prostheses. The data were submitted to the Kappa statistic and the Chi-square test to analyze the association between dependent and independent variables. High degrees of satisfaction (greater than 91%) were found for all categories evaluated, regardless of gender, age, number of implants or type of prosthesis. “Comfort” was associated significantly with the number of implants (p = 0.038), and “speaking” was associated significantly with the type of prosthesis (p = 0.029). Positive agreement was found between the scales for all categories evaluated, without statistically significant differences regarding respondent preference (p = 0.735). Patients treated with implant-supported prostheses were highly satisfied with the treatment.