Patients' Expectations for Oral Health Care in the 21st Century

Practice profiles of Australian private general dental practitioners

“…7 Changing social circumstances and technological advances are predicted to lead to higher patient expectations and greater demands for oral health care. 8 A large percentage of patients presented for recall/maintenance care and caries, consistent with the service profile showing high numbers of diagnostic, preventive and restorative care.…”

Orthodontic space closure after first molar extraction without skeletal anchorage

“…Douglass u. Sheets [6] beschrieben 2000 ein mangelndes Verständnis der Bevölkerung bezüglich effektiver Kariesprophylaxe, durch das Karies auch im 21. Jahrhundert noch die Hauptursache für Zahnverlust bis zum 60.…”

“…The tooth's occlusal surface with its deep fissures is most often the preferred site for the development of carious lesions [8]. In 2000, Douglass and Sheets [6] described a lack of understanding when it came to effective caries prophylaxis, which in the 21st century remains the main cause of tooth loss in people under the age of 60 [5]. In addition to molar damage caused by dental caries, the first molars in about 6% of all children are affected by enamel hypoplasia of unclear etiology, which may necessitate tooth extraction [11,20].…”

Insatisfação com os serviços odontológicos e fatores associados entre adultos

“…In addition, satisfaction assessment has been identified as a key element for successful treatment. Unsatisfied patients adhere less to the proposed treatment 8 and are less likely to continue using health services 1,9 . Allied to the importance of understanding what leads individuals to express dissatisfaction with services used is the collection of epidemiological data on adults' oral health, since the interest in these data has greatly increased 10 .…”