Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Nov 14, 2020
Date Accepted: Apr 12, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Apr 22, 2021
Understanding the Lived Experiences of North American Dental Patients with a Single-Tooth Implant in the Upper Front Region of the Mouth treated in a University Setting by Postgraduate Dental Students: A Qualitative Study Protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
Assessment of the subjective experiences of individuals with maxillary anterior (i.e., the upper front region of the mouth) single-tooth implants is limited mainly to quantitative measurements on satisfaction with appearance. Interestingly, there is unexplained variability in the relationship between satisfaction and appearance.
Objective:
This qualitative study protocol aims to explore and better understand the satisfaction with appearance and function of a Canadian population with maxillary anterior single-tooth implants treated at a postgraduate university clinic. Thus, we aimed to obtain diversity among participants relating to the identification of aesthetically pleasing and displeasing cases from a clinician perspective.
Methods:
A qualitative research design using interpretative phenomenology analysis (IPA) will provide an adaptable inductive research approach. The participants will be recruited to obtain consent documents, photographs, digital intraoral scans, and self-administered questionnaires, from them. The transcribed verbatim data from the participants’ audio-recorded in-depth, semi-structured one-to-one interviews will be managed, coded, and analysed thematically aided by Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software. The IPA will consider the COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative (COREQ) guidelines when applicable.
Results:
For the qualitative interview, we plan to include at least eight patients to conduct up to 1.5 hours of open-ended interviews with each participant aided by an interview guide. Ethical approval was granted by the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board (H19-00107) in May 2019. Two American dental foundations funded this study.
Conclusions:
The analysis of this study will elucidate the aspects, and the value of these, that influence participant satisfaction at different dental implant treatment stages. This will be the first qualitative study on this sector of the population to explore and have a better understanding of their satisfaction with appearance and function, as well as any other patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that could be identified.
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