The purposes of this study were to investigate the satisfaction of use of removable denture related to general, functional and esthetic factors among dental patients in the private dental clinics in Taegu, Korea and to establish the structure relationships of dental treatment satisfaction. Two hundred one patients who consented with this survey were selected and examined their oral status. Satisfaction degree was estimated by means
of self-developed questionnaires, filled out by face-to-face interview.
Collected data were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, chi-squared test, regression analysis and path analysis using statistical data analysis software SAS 6.12 and LISREL 8.12. The obtained results were- as follows:
1. The satisfaction degree of four subscales was highest in esthetic factor (3.17 ± 0.36), denture retention factor (3.10 ± 0.60), general treatment satisfaction factor (2.94 ± 0.56), and masticatory function factor (2.90 ± 0.68) in descending order. It was appeared that patients were generally satisfied with all four factors.
2. By the result of multiple regression analysis, three subscales represented 35.5% of the variation of the general treatment satisfaction (R2=0.3535), and the satisfaction of masticatory function, denture retention and esthetic function had significant effect on the general treatment satisfaction.
3. On the comparison between proportion of denture satisfaction and satisfactions of subscales, as the satisfactions of general treatment, masticatory function and denture retention were increased, the proportion of denture satisfaction was significantly increased, but there was no significant relationship between the satisfaction of esthetic function and proportion of denture satisfaction.
4. The masticatory function factor, denture retention factor and general satisfaction of treatment factor were directly affected on the denture satisfaction, but esthetic factor was affected indirectly on the denture satisfaction as a result of path analysis.
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