The Influence of the Expensive Dental Prosthetic Practice on the Quality of Life
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17762/msea.v71i3.250Abstract
The purpose of the article is to identify the influence of expensive dental aesthetic prosthetics on the quality of human life. The study was conducted in the January–April 2022; the whole sample included 120 dental patients living in the city of Belgorod (n = 60) and its suburbs (n = 60). Methods of collecting primary information were the following: the content analysis of patients’ medical records, who received services for expensive dental aesthetic prosthetics; as well as the semi-structured interview of respondents (rehabilitants).Content analysis materials were processed and interpreted using the methods of compiling comparative tables and comparative analysis; data analysis of semi-structured interviews was conducted using the SPSS software package.
As a result of the study, the conclusions were made: firstly, the quality of a person’s life can be improved through an objective component (for example, finding a more prestigious job) and a subjective component (by increasing self-esteem due to approval received from relatives and close friends); secondly, the quality of the person's life can be affected by the cost of dental care.