Patient experience and non-surgical periodontal therapy in a postgraduate periodontal training program: A qualitative study

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.4067/s2452-55882022000100016
dc.creatorPrieto Damm, Diego Joaquín
dc.creatorVasquez, Pamela
dc.creatorOrtega, Miguel Ángel
dc.creatorCáceres Merino, Felipe Antonio
dc.creatorMeléndez, Catalina
dc.creatorNally, Mauricio
dc.creatorJazanovich, Diego
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:42:38Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:42:38Z
dc.descriptionObjective:<br/>To explore patient experience for non-surgical periodontal therapy using phenomenography.<br/>Methods:<br/>This qualitative study was performed in a postgraduate specialist training program in periodontics. Patients reported their experiences through in-depth interviews in order to recognize the impact of non-surgical periodontal therapy on their quality of life and their satisfaction. A homogeneous sampling procedure was used, establishing redundancy after the fifteenth interview. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and analyzed by three researchers who codified the answers into categories to determine the emerging topics.<br/>Results:<br/>The core emerging themes were: (i) lack of information about periodontal disease; (ii) experience during treatment; (iii) treatment implications; and (iv) clinician-patient relationship.<br/>Conclusions:<br/>Patients seem to have limited knowledge about periodontal diseases. Reasons for attendance mainly include bleeding gums, tooth mobility, and aesthetic problems. Therapy can generate pain, fear, and is considered invasive, whereas dentine hypersensitivity may occur post-operatively. Despite this, patients would be willing to undergo treatment again and were generally satisfied with the level of care and treatment received.eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/bec02a46-3ece-436c-b3d4-0b1145c7b626
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/52442
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.15 (2022) nr.1 p.16-19
dc.subjectPeriodontitis
dc.subjectPeriodontal therapy
dc.subjectQualitive research
dc.titlePatient experience and non-surgical periodontal therapy in a postgraduate periodontal training program: A qualitative studyeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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