Changes in the Quality of Life of People as A Result of Aesthetic Dental Prosthetics

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between the procedure of aesthetic dental prosthetics and changes in the quality of life of patients. The study involved 120 patients of the dental department of the hospital. The following methods were used to collect data: a semi-structured interview of people who underwent the procedure of aesthetic dental prosthetics; the analysis of individual patient records. Methods of grouping, comparative analysis, synthesis, and computer data processing were used to process the obtained data. Conclusions were made as follows: people who underwent the procedure of aesthetic dental prosthetics improved the quality of life, which was confirmed by a change in objective indicators (improved nutrition; getting a more prestigious and highly paid job than the previous one; expanding leisure practices) as well as a change in subjective indicators (increased self-esteem; expanding the circle of contacts; the emergence of romantic relationships).