PMID- 33886491
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210727
IS  - 1929-0748 (Print)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Electronic)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Jun 18
TI  - Understanding the Lived Experience of North American Dental Patients With a 
      Single-Tooth Implant in the Upper Front Region of the Mouth: Protocol for a 
      Qualitative Study.
PG  - e25767
LID - 10.2196/25767 [doi]
LID - e25767
AB  - BACKGROUND: Assessment of the subjective experiences of individuals with 
      maxillary anterior (ie, the upper front region of the mouth) single-tooth 
      implants is limited mainly to quantitative measurements of 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 in a Canadian population with maxillary anterior single-tooth implants 
      treated at a postgraduate university clinic. Thus, we aim to obtain diversity 
      among participants relating to the identification of esthetically 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, and 
      consent documents, photographs, digital intraoral scans, and self-administered 
      questionnaire responses will be obtained from them. The transcribed verbatim data 
      from audio-recorded, in-depth, semistructured, one-to-one interviews of the 
      participants will be managed, coded, and analyzed thematically with 
      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 
      University of British Columbia Behavioral Research Ethics Board (H19-00107) in 
      May 2019. Two American dental foundations funded this study. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      analysis in this study will elucidate the aspects (including their value) that 
      influence participant satisfaction at different dental implant treatment stages. 
      This will be the first qualitative study on this group of the population to 
      explore and obtain a better understanding of their satisfaction with appearance 
      and function, as well as any other patient-reported outcome measures that could 
      be identified. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): 
      DERR1-10.2196/25767.
CI  - (c)Kelvin Ian Afrashtehfar, Stephen Ross Bryant. Originally published in JMIR 
      Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 18.06.2021.
FAU - Afrashtehfar, Kelvin Ian
AU  - Afrashtehfar KI
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6053-8967
AD  - Division of Restorative Dental Sciences, Clinical Sciences Department, Ajman 
      University, Ajman City, United Arab Emirates.
AD  - Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, School of Dental 
      Medicine, University of Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
AD  - Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, 
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
AD  - Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of 
      Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
FAU - Bryant, Stephen Ross
AU  - Bryant SR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1625-9370
AD  - Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British 
      Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
AD  - Division of Prosthodontics and Dental Geriatrics, Faculty of Dentistry, 
      University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210618
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Res Protoc
JT  - JMIR research protocols
JID - 101599504
PMC - PMC8277304
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - esthetic dentistry
OT  - esthetics
OT  - implant dentistry
OT  - patient perception
OT  - patient-reported outcome measures
OT  - personal satisfaction
OT  - phenomenology
OT  - single-tooth dental implants
OT  - single-unit implant-supported restoration
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2021/04/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/23 06:01
PMCR- 2021/06/18
CRDT- 2021/04/22 17:22
PHST- 2020/11/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/04/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/03/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/04/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/04/22 17:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v10i6e25767 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/25767 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jun 18;10(6):e25767. doi: 10.2196/25767.