A clinical-psychologic investigation of patient acceptance of complete mouth rehabilitation
Date
1974
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Sitomer, Allen Z.
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OA Version
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Abstract
The value of investigating patients who have undergone extensive fixed prosthetic restorations may result in an approach distinctly different from that pertaining to removable prosthesis.
The literature has indicated that psychological factors enter into the periodontal disease process. In this study, many patients presented with advanced periodontal destruction, thereby, requiring the regime of complete mouth rehabilitation via fixed prosthetics. The psychogenic factor, then, may be more evident regarding acceptance of extensive fixed restoration than patient attitude toward short dental procedures.
Fifty one patients who had been treated at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry were evaluated. A questionnaire was presented to each participant. Attitude, mood, and comfort during function were among the areas studied in the same patient prior to, during, and since completion of reconstruction. A computer analysis was employed to assist in collating common characteristics of the sample.
This investigation was undertaken to ascertain patient attitude and opinion toward psychological acceptance of periodontal prosthesis. Treatment of the patient requiring extensive tooth alteration is a venture whose outcome depends upon not only the technical skills of the Dentist , but the cooperation and performance of the patient in the dentist -patient relationship. A successful result requires that the prosthesis be efficient in function, esthetically pleasing, physiologically sound, and that the patient psychologically accept the prosthesis with equanimity.
The provision of rehabilitation with fixed prosthesis is a change in the patient's intimate environment and the patient's reactions must undergo modification to deal with this change. Factors influencing the psychological acceptance of complete mouth rehabilitation (periodontal-prosthesis) have not been reported in the literature.
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Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1974. Prosthetics.
Bibliography included.
Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1974. Prosthetics.
Bibliography included.
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