Autopercepcion y grado de satisfaccion de los estudiantes de odontologia y laboratorio dental que presentan carillas dentales

Abstract

Introduction: Dental esthetic procedures become an attraction for people who wish to satisfy certain functional and esthetic needs, due to the fact that the mouth is involved in several important daily functions for a person. The purpose of veneers is to change color, adjust size, modify anatomical shape, but without neglecting phonetics and harmony. Objective: To determine the self-perception and degree of satisfaction with dental veneers treatment in dental and laboratory students of the Universidad Santo Tomás. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional analytical observational study. Initial sample of 158 students of dentistry and dental laboratory who agreed to participate and who had dental veneers, in addition, those who were in institutional exchange were excluded. The data collection was done through a survey with a total of 21 questions with three sections, the first was sociodemographic variables, followed by self-perception and satisfaction. The analysis was descriptive with frequencies and percentages as median (interquartile range), bivariate analysis with Chi2 test and/or Fisher's exact test with significance (value p≤0.05). Results: Participants with a median age of 21 years, with a higher proportion of females (58.54%), stratum 3 and from the dental school. On the other hand, the esthetic procedure that had the highest percentage was incisal edge 22.56% and veneers 17.68%. Regarding the treatment of veneers, the self-perception of this was regular with 48.28%, and in terms of satisfaction with the treatment received, the majority answered that they were completely satisfied with 75.86%. No statistical associations were found with sociodemographic variables p (>0.05). Conclusions: Dental veneers are not one of the most performed esthetic procedures by students. However, they are perceived to be generally good and are satisfied with this treatment.