Self-perception and satisfaction with dental appearance and aesthetics with respect to patients' age, gender, and level of education

Abstract

Introduction Patient's subjective evaluation of dental appearance and aesthetics is becoming an increasingly important factor in aesthetic treatments and prosthetic therapy. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of age, education level, gender, and different dental status and the appearance of the upper anterior teeth (color, size, shape, position and alignment of the anterior teeth) on the satisfaction of the respondents with dental appearance and aesthetics of their upper anterior teeth and their desire for improvement. Methods The study encompassed 480 people aged 20 to 50 years with an average age of 30.84 years. There were 236 male and 244 female subjects. The respondents were interviewed using a questionnaire specially designed for the purpose of this research. For the study, the subjects were divided into the following three age groups: the younger age group (20-30 years of age), the middle age group (31-40 years of age), and the older age group (41-50 years of age). Results The conducted study did not reveal statistical significance with respect to gender in any of the examined parameters (p > 0.05). A little more than one half of the respondents in each age group were satisfied with their dental appearance and aesthetics (60.3% of the respondents in the age group of 20-30 years, 55.7% in the age group of 31-40, and 53.7% in the age group of 41-50 years of age). Satisfaction with dental appearance and aesthetics increases linearly with the increase in the level of education and was the highest among the respondents with university degree (33.3%). Conclusion Female respondents were more dissatisfied with their dental appearance and aesthetics as compared with male respondents, but the difference was found to be non-significant. Patients with higher education level were more satisfied with their dental appearance and aesthetics than those with lower education.

Uvod Pacijentovo subjektivno vrednovanje dentalnog izgleda i estetike postaje sve važniji faktor prilikom estetskih tretmana i protetskih terapija. Cilj rada Cilj istraživanja bio je da istraži uticaj godina starosti, nivoa obrazovanja, pola ispitanika i različiti zubni status i izgled gornjih prednjih zuba (boja, veličina, oblik, poredak prednjih zuba) na zadovoljstvo ispitanika dentalnim izgledom i estetikom gornjih prednjih zuba i postojanje želje za unapređenjem dentalne estetike. Metode rada Istraživanje je sprovedeno na 480 osoba od 20 do 50 godina, prosečne starosti 30,84 godina. Bilo je 236 ispitanika muškog pola i 244 ispitanika ženskog pola. Ispitanici su intervjuisani putem upitnika specijalno napravljenog za potrebe ovog istraživanja. Za potrebe istraživanja ispitanici su podeljeni prema godinama starosti u tri starosne grupe: mlađa starosna grupa (20-30 godina), srednja starosna grupa (31-40 godina), starija starosna grupa (41-50 godina). Rezultati Sprovedena studija nije utvrdila statističku signifikantnost u odnosu na pol ni u jednom od ispitivanih parametara (p > 0,05). Polovina ispitanika u svakoj starosnoj grupi bila je zadovoljna dentalnim izgledom i estetikom: 60,3% ispitanika u starosnoj grupi 20-30 godina, 55,7% u starosnoj grupi 31-40 godina i 53,7% u starosnoj grupi 41-50 godina. Zadovoljstvo dentalnim izgledom i estetikom ima linearno pravilo porasta zadovoljstva sa porastom stepena obrazovanja i najveće je kod ispitanika sa završenim fakultetom (33,3%). Zaključak Žene su bile nezadovoljnije svojim dentalnim izgledom i estetikom u odnosu sa muškarce, ali razlika nije statistički značajna. Pacijenti sa visokim stepenom obrazovanja bili su zadovoljniji dentalnim izgledom i estetikom nego ispitanici sa nižim stepenom obrazovanja.