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Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia

A total of 537 dentate adults from nine randomly selected government dental centers in three states in Malaysia were interviewed to assess their preference for either exodontia or preservation of teeth when they experience toothache, or have carious anterior or posterior teeth. The assumptions teste...

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Main Authors: Razak, I.A., Jaafar, N., Jalalludin, R.L., Esa, R.
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Published: 1990
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spelling my.um.eprints.34972012-07-13T01:45:55Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/3497/ Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia Razak, I.A. Jaafar, N. Jalalludin, R.L. Esa, R. RK Dentistry A total of 537 dentate adults from nine randomly selected government dental centers in three states in Malaysia were interviewed to assess their preference for either exodontia or preservation of teeth when they experience toothache, or have carious anterior or posterior teeth. The assumptions tested were i) patients prefer exodontia rather than preservation when they have toothache, and ii) patients are more willing to have posterior teeth extracted than anterior teeth for caries. Both these assumptions were rejected. Even though the majority of the subjects preferred preservation (59) when having toothache, exodontia was the treatment of choice in a large proportion of subjects (41). Significant differences in preference were found among the various ethnic, educational, income, and age groups. However, when ethnicity was held constant, binary regression indicated that the variations observed were determined by education, income, and age groups and not by ethnicity. 1990 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/3497/1/PATIENTS_PREFERENCE_FOR_EXODONTIA_VERSUS_PRESERVATION_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf Razak, I.A. and Jaafar, N. and Jalalludin, R.L. and Esa, R. (1990) Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 18 (3). pp. 131-132. ISSN 0301-5661 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1990.tb00037.x
institution Universiti Malaya
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country Malaysia
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topic RK Dentistry
spellingShingle RK Dentistry
Razak, I.A.
Jaafar, N.
Jalalludin, R.L.
Esa, R.
Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
description A total of 537 dentate adults from nine randomly selected government dental centers in three states in Malaysia were interviewed to assess their preference for either exodontia or preservation of teeth when they experience toothache, or have carious anterior or posterior teeth. The assumptions tested were i) patients prefer exodontia rather than preservation when they have toothache, and ii) patients are more willing to have posterior teeth extracted than anterior teeth for caries. Both these assumptions were rejected. Even though the majority of the subjects preferred preservation (59) when having toothache, exodontia was the treatment of choice in a large proportion of subjects (41). Significant differences in preference were found among the various ethnic, educational, income, and age groups. However, when ethnicity was held constant, binary regression indicated that the variations observed were determined by education, income, and age groups and not by ethnicity.
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author Razak, I.A.
Jaafar, N.
Jalalludin, R.L.
Esa, R.
author_facet Razak, I.A.
Jaafar, N.
Jalalludin, R.L.
Esa, R.
author_sort Razak, I.A.
title Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
title_short Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
title_full Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
title_fullStr Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in Malaysia
title_sort patients preference for exodontia versus preservation in malaysia
publishDate 1990
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/3497/1/PATIENTS_PREFERENCE_FOR_EXODONTIA_VERSUS_PRESERVATION_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf
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