A Study on Satisfaction Factors with Dental Implant Patients

치과용 임플란트 보철물적용환자의 만족요인

  • Lee, Sung-Uck (Dental Laboratory, Korea University Medical Center Anam Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Hwan (Dept. of Dental Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Korea University)
  • 이성욱 (고려대학교의료원 안암병원 치과기공실) ;
  • 김지환 (고려대학교 보건과학대학 치기공학과)
  • Published : 2006.07.10

Abstract

This research has been attempt to examine closely factors that high cost and value to overall satisfaction state for dental implant prosthesis, re-utilization intention, inducement intention of the general hospital dental service user and provide basis data necessary to establish competitive general hospital dentistry management strategy. Collected data using own recording way questionnaire from April 17, 2004 to May 15, 2004 choosing 142 people that agree on this research and question of 361 people that dental implant prosthetic treatment finished from March 1, 1999 to March 1, 2004 for this. Major analyzation consequences are as follows : First, general satisfaction, re-utilization intention, inducement intention for implant prosthesis that highly correlation variables are kindness, explanation, medical treatment level and appreciation of the aesthetic. Second, correlation is high relatively between re-utilization intention, inducement intention in the 3 variables such as general satisfaction re-utilization intention, inducement intention. Third, the result of multiple regression analysis showed that most significant effective factors are satisfaction with explanation of dental implant prosthesis between the 3 dependant variables such as general satisfaction, re-utilization intention, inducement intention. In looking into these consequence, how to improve that raise satisfaction about dental implant prosthetic treatment and to establish patient focused care service system for dental implant prosthesis, it is consider that explain enough about implant prosthesis and raise quality of medical examination and treatment level, including satisfied with fabrication of good esthetic dental implant prosthesis.

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