Denture wearer's perception of ambient care. Part 2. Analyses of data.

Objective: The aim was to investigate to what extent denture wearers were satisfied with the ambient care (care) received.

Materials And Methods: A study sample of 117 completely edentulous and 56 partially edentulous patients, who had received their dentures in the period 1997-2005 at Bergen School of Dentistry, completed a questionnaire containing eight specific items regarding different aspects of care, each with two positive (a and b) and two negative (c and d) categories, and four global items. The care items, including confidence in the dental team, information, waiting time and cost, constitute the Ambient Care Scale; the global items were concerned with overall care, satisfaction with dentures, self-reported oral and general health.

Denture wearer's perception of ambient care, part 1: validation of a preliminary scale.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate if a preliminary Ambient Care Scale (ACS), intended to measure ambient care in complete denture wearers, had acceptable reliability and validity.

Materials And Methods: A sample of 117 patients who had received complete dentures in both jaws in the period 1997-2005 at Bergen School of Dentistry completed a questionnaire containing eight items regarding the patients' relationship with the student and clinical personnel, to what extent they were informed and consulted during treatment, waiting times and cost. In addition, information was gathered regarding demographics, The Psychological General Well-Being index (WHO-5), global ambient care, satisfaction with dentures and how patients viewed their oral health.