Enkling, Norbert; Hardt, Katharina; Katsoulis, Joannis; Ramseier, Christoph A.; Colombo, Alessandra; Jöhren, Peter; Mericske-Stern, Regina (2013). Dental phobia is no contraindication for oral implant therapy. Quintessence international, 44(4), pp. 363-371. Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH 10.3290/j.qi.a29148
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OBJECTIVES
Dental phobia is a psychological disease and a possible contraindication for implant therapy. The study aimed to show that implant therapy in dental-phobic patients (DP, test group) after adequate psychological and dental pretreatment (PDPT) is successfully possible and results in a similar implant prognosis as in nonfearful patients (NF, control group).
METHOD AND MATERIALS
15 DP with PDPT and 15 NF were treated with dental implants and were re-evaluated 2 to 4 years after denture-mounting regarding: alteration of dental anxiety (Hierarchical Anxiety Questionnaire [HAQ], Visual Analog Scale [VAS]), patient satisfaction and compliance, implant success, and peri-implant health. Statistical tests of non-inferiority DP versus NF were performed with Hodges-Lehmann estimators and respective one-sided 97.5% confidence intervals of Moses, and pairwise testings with Mann-Whitney test.
RESULTS
The DP test group rated its anxiety significantly lower at follow- up than at baseline (PHAQ < .001). However, at follow-up, anxiety was still higher in DP than in NF (PHAQ = .046; PVAS < .001). Implant success at follow-up was 100%. Oral health was equally good in DP and NF patients. At follow-up, all patients were satisfied with implant therapy, but compliance was better for NF (100%) than for DP (73% dental checkup; 67% dental hygienist).
CONCLUSION
Implant therapy can be successfully performed in DP patients with PDPT as phobia is not negatively influenced by the invasive implant therapy. However, motivation for professional maintenance programs remains challenging.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Prosthodontics [discontinued] 04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Enkling, Norbert, Katsoulis, Joannis, Ramseier, Christoph Andreas, Mericske, Regina |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0033-6572 |
Publisher: |
Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Eveline Carmen Schuler |
Date Deposited: |
26 Feb 2014 10:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3290/j.qi.a29148 |
PubMed ID: |
23479576 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
contraindication, dental anxiety, dental phobia, implantology, implant success, psychological trauma |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.40651 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40651 |
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