title: Posttreatment quantification of patient experiences with full-arch implant treatment using a modification of the OHIP-14 questionnaire.
abstract: Patient well-being is always the goal of rehabilitation of edentulism; however, evaluations of treatment success often overlook the patient's subjective feelings about comfort, function, speech, social image, social inhibitions, psychological discomfort, and/or disabilities. The purpose of this study was to assess these patient responses using an oral health questionnaire. To assess such feelings, a self-administered 20-question multiple-choice patient-reported Edentulous Patient Impact Questionnaire was developed, based upon the previously validated Oral Health Impact Profile patient-assessment tool. Responses were solicited from randomly selected patients treated with an implant-supported, fixed, immediately loaded full arch prosthesis. The questionnaires were completed by 250 patients. Of the respondents, 95% described themselves as being either extremely satisfied (74%) or satisfied (21%) with their new teeth, and 98% said they would definitely recommend similar treatment (88%) or consider recommending it (10%) to a friend or colleague. Based upon an oral health impact survey completed by 250 patients treated with full-arch implant-supported, immediately loaded fixed dental prostheses, it appears that patient satisfaction is high and that treated patients would generally be willing to recommend this treatment to others.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland ClearChoice Dental Implant Center, Pepper Pike, OH, USA. cab@thedentalimplantcenter.com
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Babbush
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000523:psychology; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000523:psychology*; D003825:Denture, Complete, Immediate / Q000523:psychology; D005250:Fees, Dental; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading / Q000523:psychology; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants