Aesthetic and Orthodontic Treatment Desires and Their Psychosocial Impact in Dental Students: A Questionnaire Study.

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Patient preference and adherence Pub Date : 2025-05-22 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.2147/PPA.S524287

Muhammad Ashraf Nazir, Fatimah Abdullah Alaqili, Lojain Saleh Alnajjar, Hisham Abdulrahman Alarfaj, Faris Faisal Althawadi, Abdulaziz Alamri, Suliman Shahin

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the desire for aesthetic and orthodontic treatments and their relationships with psychosocial impacts and other factors among dental students.

Patients and methods: This cross-sectional study included 155 students from the College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. There were 65.2% of females and 34.8% of males with mean age of 21.33±1.52 years in the study. The participants completed demographic information, questions related to desire for aesthetic dental treatment including orthodontic treatment, and a validated Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics (PIDAQ) questionnaire. The PIDAQ questionnaire was used to evaluate the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics and includes four subscales such as dental self-confidence, social impact, psychological impact, and aesthetic concern.

Results: Most participants (72%) desired aesthetic dental treatment. Teeth whitening (49%) was the most desired dental treatment, followed by orthodontic treatment (38.7%) and ceramic veneers (18.1%). The desire for aesthetic dental treatment was significantly associated with clinical years (P=0.042), knowledge of available esthetic treatment options (P=0.023), and attendance for routine dental care (P=0.028). The comparison of the PIDAQ scale scores showed that the participants with a desire for aesthetic treatment reported significantly lower dental self-confidence (P=0.018), and significantly greater social impact (P=0.049) and esthetic concern (P=0.006) than those without a desire for aesthetic treatment. Similarly, the participants desiring for orthodontic treatment showed significantly lower dental self-confidence (P<0.001) and significantly greater social impact (P=0.047), psychological impact (P=0.010), and aesthetic concern (P=0.019) than those who did not desire.

Conclusion: The study showed that most participants desired aesthetic dental treatment, and teeth whitening and orthodontic treatment being the most sought-after procedures. Knowledge of treatment options, routine dental care visits, and clinical years were associated with increased desire for aesthetic dental treatment. The desire for aesthetic and orthodontic treatments was significantly related to low dental self-confidence and higher social impact and aesthetic concern.

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牙科学生的审美和正畸治疗愿望及其心理社会影响的问卷调查研究。

目的：本研究的目的是评估牙科学生对美学和正畸治疗的愿望及其与心理社会影响和其他因素的关系。患者和方法：本横断面研究包括来自沙特阿拉伯达曼伊玛目阿卜杜勒拉赫曼本费萨尔大学牙科学院的155名学生。女性占65.2%，男性占34.8%，平均年龄21.33±1.52岁。参与者完成了人口统计信息、对牙科美容治疗（包括正畸治疗）的渴望相关的问题，以及一份经过验证的牙科美学心理社会影响问卷（PIDAQ）。PIDAQ问卷用于评估牙科美学的心理社会影响，包括牙科自信、社会影响、心理影响和审美关注四个分量表。结果：大多数参与者（72%）希望进行牙科美容治疗。牙齿美白（49%）是最理想的牙科治疗，其次是正畸治疗（38.7%）和陶瓷贴面（18.1%）。对牙科美容治疗的渴望与临床年限（P=0.042）、对现有牙科美容治疗方案的了解（P=0.023）和常规牙科护理的出席率（P=0.028）显著相关。PIDAQ量表得分比较显示，有美容治疗愿望者的牙科自信心显著低于无美容治疗愿望者（P=0.018），社会影响（P=0.049）和审美关注（P=0.006）显著高于无美容治疗愿望者。同样，期望接受正畸治疗的参与者对牙齿的自信心也明显降低(p)。结论：研究表明，大多数参与者希望接受美观的牙齿治疗，牙齿美白和正畸治疗是最受欢迎的手术。对治疗方案的了解、常规牙科护理访问和临床年数与对牙科美容治疗的渴望增加有关。对美学和正畸治疗的渴望与较低的牙科自信和较高的社会影响和审美关注显著相关。

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Patient preference and adherence MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

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3.60

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4.50%

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354

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Patient Preference and Adherence is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal that focuses on the growing importance of patient preference and adherence throughout the therapeutic continuum. The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of reviews, original research, modeling and clinical studies across all therapeutic areas. Patient satisfaction, acceptability, quality of life, compliance, persistence and their role in developing new therapeutic modalities and compounds to optimize clinical outcomes for existing disease states are major areas of interest for the journal. As of 1st April 2019, Patient Preference and Adherence will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.