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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mehl, Christian J.
• Harder, Sönke
• Kern, Matthias
• Wolfart, Stefan

Titel

Patients' and dentists' perception of dental appearance

Ist Teil von

• Clinical oral investigations, 2011-04, Vol.15 (2), p.193-199

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this study was to compare the patients' and dentists' perception of dental appearance. Based on internationally accepted guidelines about dental esthetics, a questionnaire was developed to measure “dental appearance” (QDA). Eleven items defined a QDA sum score (0 = “absolutely satisfied”, 44 = “absolutely dissatisfied”). The QDA was completed by 16 patients (eight women, eight men, mean age 63 ± 9 years) before and after a complete oral rehabilitation. Forty-two dentists evaluated the esthetics before and after rehabilitation on a visual analog scale (VAS, 0 = “absolutely unesthetic”, 100 = “absolutely esthetic”). The patients' quoting showed a significant esthetic improvement (QDA sum score) from 22 before treatment to 3.5 after treatment ( P  ≤ 0.001). Although most of the dentists judged an improvement in most of the patients dental appearances, no significant correlation could be found between patients' and dentists' judgment regarding dental appearance ( r  = −0.13–0.53, P  > 0.05). When evaluating the influence of age, gender, and experience on rating dental appearance, no significant differences ( P  > 0.05) could be found.