Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Stomatological Hospital), No. 366, South of Jiangnan Road, Guangzhou, 510280, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Center of Oral Implantology, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Stomatological Hospital), No. 366, South of Jiangnan Road, Guangzhou, 510280, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Clin Oral Investig. 2021 Mar;25(3):993-999. doi: 10.1007/s00784-020-03388-0. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
To evaluate the effect of online follow-up on the quality of life of patients who undergo extraction of impacted mandibular third molars.
This study enrolled patients with impacted mandibular third molars who were treated at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Stomatological Hospital at Southern Medical University and divided them into test and control groups. The test group received an online follow-up on the first, third, and fifth days after tooth extraction, while the control group was not followed up with. Patients in both groups were reexamined on the postoperative seventh day, completing the postoperative symptom severity (PoSSe) scale to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate their quality of life after tooth extraction. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of approval for an online follow-up after tooth extraction by 20 senior doctors (≥ 40 years old) and 20 young doctors (<4 0 years old).
The PoSSe scale scores of the remaining options in the test group were significantly lower than those in the control group. The VAS score of senior doctors for online follow-up was significantly lower than that of young doctors.
A postoperative online follow-up effectively improved the quality of life of patients who underwent extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. Compared with senior doctors, young doctors were more likely to approve an online follow-up after tooth extraction.
Online medical care can be considered as an auxiliary tool to improve the effect of oral treatment.
评估在线随访对接受下颌阻生第三磨牙拔除患者生活质量的影响。
本研究纳入在南方医科大学口腔医院口腔颌面外科接受治疗的下颌阻生第三磨牙患者，并将其分为试验组和对照组。试验组在拔牙后第 1、3、5 天接受在线随访，而对照组则不进行随访。两组患者均在术后第 7 天进行复查，完成术后症状严重程度（PoSSe）量表，全面、定量评估拔牙后的生活质量。通过 20 名资深医生（≥ 40 岁）和 20 名年轻医生（<40 岁）对拔牙后的在线随访进行评估，使用视觉模拟量表（VAS）评估对在线随访的认可程度。
试验组剩余选项的 PoSSe 量表评分明显低于对照组。资深医生对在线随访的 VAS 评分明显低于年轻医生。
术后在线随访有效提高了接受下颌阻生第三磨牙拔除患者的生活质量。与资深医生相比，年轻医生更有可能认可拔牙后的在线随访。
在线医疗可以被视为改善口腔治疗效果的辅助工具。
