Vallittu P K, Vallittu A S, Lassila V P
Department of Prosthetics and Stomatognathic Physiology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
J Dent. 1996 Sep;24(5):335-8. doi: 10.1016/0300-5712(95)00079-8.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of various groups of patients towards the appearance of their teeth.
A questionnaire was used which consisted of six background variables and 13 attitudinal statements concerning the appearance of the teeth. The number of responses obtained was 254. Multiple regression analysis was undertaken to reveal any statistical associations between the answers to the statements and the background variables.
According to the results, the appearance of the teeth was found to be more important to women than to men. For older patients, the appearance of teeth was not as important as for younger patients (r = -0.144, P = 0.012). Patients with limited education had a greater preference for white teeth than patients with a high level of education (r = 0.115, P = 0.037). The perception that very white teeth are beautiful decreased with increasing age (r = 0.112, P = 0.049), and younger patients expressed a greater preference for white teeth than older patients (r = 0.11, P = 0.50).
This study suggests that various groups of patients have different attitudes towards the appearance of their teeth.
本研究旨在评估不同患者群体对其牙齿外观的态度。
使用了一份问卷，其中包括六个背景变量和13条关于牙齿外观的态度陈述。获得的回复数量为254份。进行了多元回归分析，以揭示陈述答案与背景变量之间的任何统计关联。
根据结果，发现牙齿外观对女性比对男性更重要。对于老年患者，牙齿外观不如年轻患者重要（r = -0.144，P = 0.012）。受教育程度有限的患者比受教育程度高的患者更喜欢洁白的牙齿（r = 0.115，P = 0.037）。认为牙齿非常洁白就是美的观念随着年龄增长而降低（r = 0.112，P = 0.049），并且年轻患者比老年患者对洁白牙齿表现出更大的偏好（r = 0.11，P = 0.50）。
本研究表明不同患者群体对其牙齿外观有不同的态度。
