Key Points
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Highlights that detecting early complications can lead to more predictable treatment outcomes.
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Aids an understanding that the patient can help with detecting disease.
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Provides an understanding of what the patient can perceive and what they cannot in terms of detecting complications.
Abstract
Objectives This study investigated if the patient can have a role in reporting early peri-implant complications.
Design An exploratory, single-centred study comparing patient's perceptions of implant success to the clinical success at an examination.
Setting, materials and methods Seventy-five patients were randomly selected from patients who had received implant treatment at an implant referral practice. Phase 1 – Patient perception: Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire relating to the health of their implants. Phase 2 – Clinical examination: The patients were examined for implant health/disease.
Main outcome measures The responses from the patient perception questionnaires were correlated to the variables of the clinical examination. The null hypothesis 'Patients cannot perceive the difference between a successful implant and an implant that is suffering from complications' was then tested using Fisher's exact test.
Results All the variables tested statistically show a positive association between patient perception and clinical examination (p <0.001). All variables gave a significant result for Fisher's exact test. Therefore, the null hypothesis can be rejected.
Conclusions This study demonstrated that using validated questions an educated patient can perceive peri-implant health/disease. This can play a role in the early diagnosis of peri-implant complications.
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Wright, S., Archer, C. An exploratory study to investigate if patients are able to aid the early diagnosis of peri-implant complications. Br Dent J 218, 637–640 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.503
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