Reddy S Varalakshmi, Madineni Praveen Kumar, Sudheer A, Gujjarlapudi Manmohan Choudary, Sreedevi B, Reddy Patelu Sunil Kumar
Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, MNR Dental College, Sangareddy, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2013 May 1;14(3):532-5. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1357.
To compare and evaluate the perceptions of esthetics among dentists and patients regarding the final esthetic outcome of a dental treatment.
Esthetics is a matter of perception and is associated with the way different people look at an object. What constitutes esthetic for a particular person may not be acceptable for another. Hence it is subjective in nature. This becomes more obvious during the post-treatment evaluation of esthetics by dentist and the concerned patient. Opinion seldom matches. Hence, the study is a necessary part of the process of understanding the mind of dentist and patient regarding what constitutes esthetics.
A survey has been conducted by means of a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions, on two groups of people. First group consists of 100 dentists picked at random in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. Second group consisted of 100 patients who required complete denture prosthesis. The second group was divided into two subgroups A and B. Subgroup A consisting of 50 men and subgroup B consisting of 50 women. In each subgroup 25 patients were selected in age group of 40 to 50 and 25 patients were selected in the age group of 50 to 60. The questionnaire was given to both the groups and asked to fill up, which was then statistically analyzed to look for patterns of thought process among them.
Results were subjected to statistical analysis by Student's t-test.
Perceptions of esthetics differs from dentist who is educated regarding esthetic principles of treatment and a patient who is not subjected to such education. Since, the questions were formulated such that patients could better understand the underlying problem, the final outcome of survey is a proof that dentists need to take into account what the patient regards as esthetics in order to provide a satisfactory treatment. CLINICAL AND ACADEMIC SIGNIFICANCE: The current study helps the dentist to better educate the patient regarding esthetics so that patient appreciates the final scientifically based esthetic outcome of treatment. It also helps the dental students to understand the underlying patient's thought process regarding esthetics.
比较并评估牙医和患者对于牙科治疗最终美学效果的看法。
美学是一个感知问题，与不同人看待物体的方式相关。对一个人构成美的事物，对另一个人可能并不被接受。因此，它本质上是主观的。这在牙医和相关患者对美学的治疗后评估中变得更加明显。意见很少一致。因此，该研究是理解牙医和患者对于构成美学的看法的过程中的必要部分。
通过一份包含10个问题的问卷对两组人群进行了调查。第一组由在印度泰米尔纳德邦坎亚库马里区随机挑选的100名牙医组成。第二组由100名需要全口义齿修复的患者组成。第二组被分为两个亚组A和B。亚组A由50名男性组成，亚组B由50名女性组成。在每个亚组中，25名患者年龄在40至50岁之间，25名患者年龄在50至60岁之间。问卷发放给两组并要求填写，然后进行统计分析以寻找他们的思维模式。
结果采用学生t检验进行统计分析。
接受过治疗美学原则教育的牙医和未接受此类教育的患者对美学的看法不同。由于问题的表述方式使患者能够更好地理解潜在问题，调查的最终结果证明，牙医为了提供令人满意的治疗需要考虑患者所认为的美学。临床及学术意义：当前研究有助于牙医更好地就美学对患者进行教育，以便患者欣赏基于科学的治疗最终美学效果。它也有助于牙科学生理解患者对于美学的潜在思维过程。
