Assessment of Communication Quality through Work Authorization between Dentists and Dental Technicians in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographics | n% | |
---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 173 (38.2%) |
Female | 280 (61.8%) | |
Specialty | Dentistry | 437 (96.5%) |
Others | 16 (3.5%) | |
Academic Designation | Lecturer | 63 (13.9%) |
Assistant Professor | 58 (12.8%) | |
Associate Professor | 12 (2.6%) | |
Professor | 9 (2.0%) | |
Non-teaching dentist | 311 (68.7%) | |
Professional Designation | General Dentist | 414 (91.4%) |
Specialist | 23 (5.1%) | |
Consultant | 16 (3.5%) | |
Place of Practice | Hospital | 198 (43.7%) |
Institute | 247 (54.5%) | |
Clinic | 8 (1.8%) |
Variables | Yes | No | Sometimes |
---|---|---|---|
Rests | 310 (68.4%) | 98 (21.9%) | 39 (8.7%) |
Retention | 301 (67.3%) | 111 (24.8%) | 35 (7.8%) |
Reciprocation | 227 (52.4%) | 152 (35.1%) | 54 (12.5%) |
Major connectors | 269 (60.2%) | 128 (28.6%) | 50 (11.2%) |
Indirect retention | 242 (55.0%) | 144 (31.8%) | 54 (12.3%) |
Guide planes | 228 (51.8%) | 144 (32.7%) | 68 (15.5%) |
Base retention | 256 (58.2%) | 140 (31.8%) | 44 (10.0%) |
Areas to be contoured | 228 (51.8%) | 111 (25.2%) | 101 (23.0%) |
Arch classification | 270 (61.4%) | 88 (20.0%) | 82 (18.6%) |
Material to be used for denture base or metal for metal framework? | 323 (72.3%) | 48 (10.7%) | 76 (17.0%) |
Indicate teeth number? | 379 (83.7%) | 32 (7.2%) | 31 (7.0%) |
Variables | Yes (n%) | No (n%) | Sometimes (n%) |
---|---|---|---|
Margin design | 296 (67.7%) | 75 (17.2%) | 66 (15.1%) |
Number and design of pontics | 325 (73.5%) | 73 (16.5%) | 44 (10.0%) |
Surfaces to be covered with metal only | 281 (64.9%) | 74 (17.1%) | 78 (18.0%) |
Occlusal scheme | 274 (62.0%) | 78 (17.2%) | 90 (20.4%) |
Shade | 365 (82.6%) | 35 (7.9%) | 42 (9.5%) |
Bisque trial | 202 (46.2%) | 146 (33.4%) | 89 (20.4%) |
Type of porcelain glaze | 184 (41.6%) | 185 (41.9%) | 73 (16.5%) |
Ceramo-metal coping design | 188 (42.5%) | 183 (41.4%) | 71 (16.1%) |
Type of metal alloy | 171 (39.1%) | 204 (46.7%) | 62 (14.2%) |
Do you ask for a metal trial? | 302 (69.1%) | 49 (11.2%) | 86 (19.7%) |
Do you communicate with the technician directly? | 348 (79.6%) | 31 (7.1%) | 58 (13.3%) |
Are you satisfied with the restoration design you receive? | 182 (42.3%) | 61 (14.2%) | 187 (43.5%) |
Do you change your dental laboratory frequently? | 67 (15.6%) | 290 (67.4%) | 73 (17.0%) |
Variables | Unstandardized Coefficients | Standardized Coefficients | t | p-Value | |
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B | Std. Error | Beta | |||
Gender | −0.056 | 0.030 | −0.086 | −1.831 | 0.068 |
Age | −0.007 | 0.005 | −0.083 | −1.430 | 0.153 |
Specialty | 0.129 | 0.080 | 0.075 | 1.610 | 0.108 |
Experience | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.033 | 0.576 | 0.565 |
Academic designation | 0.027 | 0.010 | 0.136 | 2.764 | 0.006 |
Professional designation | −0.030 | 0.038 | −0.040 | −0.784 | 0.434 |
Place of practice | −0.028 | 0.029 | −0.046 | −0.954 | 0.340 |
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Afzal, H.; Ahmed, N.; Lal, A.; Al-Aali, K.A.; Alrabiah, M.; Alhamdan, M.M.; Albahaqi, A.; Sharaf, A.; Vohra, F.; Abduljabbar, T. Assessment of Communication Quality through Work Authorization between Dentists and Dental Technicians in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 6263. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126263
Afzal H, Ahmed N, Lal A, Al-Aali KA, Alrabiah M, Alhamdan MM, Albahaqi A, Sharaf A, Vohra F, Abduljabbar T. Assessment of Communication Quality through Work Authorization between Dentists and Dental Technicians in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(12):6263. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126263
Chicago/Turabian StyleAfzal, Hadiqa, Naseer Ahmed, Abhishek Lal, Khulud A. Al-Aali, Mohammed Alrabiah, Mai M. Alhamdan, Ahmed Albahaqi, Abdulaziz Sharaf, Fahim Vohra, and Tariq Abduljabbar. 2022. "Assessment of Communication Quality through Work Authorization between Dentists and Dental Technicians in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics" Applied Sciences 12, no. 12: 6263. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126263
APA StyleAfzal, H., Ahmed, N., Lal, A., Al-Aali, K. A., Alrabiah, M., Alhamdan, M. M., Albahaqi, A., Sharaf, A., Vohra, F., & Abduljabbar, T. (2022). Assessment of Communication Quality through Work Authorization between Dentists and Dental Technicians in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. Applied Sciences, 12(12), 6263. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126263