title: A survey of the satisfaction of patients who have undergone implant surgery with and without employing a computer-guided implant surgical template.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to investigate the degree of subjective pain and the satisfaction of patients who have undergone an implant treatment using a computer-guided template.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted for 135 patients who have undergone implant surgery with and without the use of the computer-guided template during the period of 2012 and 2013 in university hospitals, dental hospitals and dental clinics that practiced implant surgery using the computer-guided template. Likert scale and VAS score were used in the survey questions, and the independent t-test and One-Way ANOVA were performed (α=.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The route that the subjects were introduced to the computer-guided implant surgery using a surgical template was mostly advices by dentists, and the most common reason for which they chose to undergo such surgery was that it was accurate and safe. Most of them gave an answer that they were willing to recommend it to others. The patients who have undergone the computer-guided implant surgery felt less pain during the operation and showed higher satisfaction than those who have undergone conventional implant surgery. Among the patients who have undergone computer-guided implant surgery, those who also had prior experience of surgery without a computer-guided template expressed higher satisfaction with the former (P<.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, it could be seen that the patients who have undergone computer-guided implant surgery employing a surgical template felt less pain and had higher satisfaction than those with the conventional one, and the dentist's description could provide the confidence about the safety of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Youk
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jee-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Man
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics & Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, S-PLANT Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Ki
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Jin
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Im Hee
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Shin
keywords: Computer-guided template; Dental implant; Pain; Patient satisfaction