A comparison of in-person versus virtual health consultations for full mouth rehabilitation in pediatric dental patients
department or school: Dentistry, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Amaniampong, Kevin
issued: 2024-07-04T20:09:11Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Objectives: Our primary objective was to determine if differences exist between the estimated and actual numbers of teeth requiring treatment and the time required under general anesthesia for dental treatment in virtual and in-person dental consultations. Secondarily, we assessed the distance from the primary residence to BC Children's Hospital (BCCH) for families using consultations. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for patients meeting the criteria. Data were collected for both types of consultations, including patient demographics, estimated treatment information (predicted treatment time and number of teeth planned for treatment), presence of caregiver-obtained pretreatment photographs, and actual treatment outcomes. The average percent difference was calculated by determining the difference between measured and predicted values and expressing this difference as a percentage of the measured value. Based on photograph presence and quality, the virtual consultation group was further split into no, poor, fair or excellent pretreatment photographs. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc testing and unpaired T-tests were performed using Prism V10.0. Human ethics # H21-02433. Results: A total of 321 patients [Mean Age = 76.277± 49.4 months] were included. There were 183 (57%) in-person and 138 (43%) virtual consultations. Out of the virtual consultations, 97 (70%) included pretreatment photographs, while 41 (30%) did not include pretreatment photographs. The average difference in the predicted versus the actual time needed for treatment was significantly higher in virtual health consultations with poor pretreatment photographs (105.2%, p= 0.0003) compared to in-person consultations (35.3%). The remaining groups showed no significant differences. No significant differences were also found in the percentage difference in teeth treated between the consultation types. Significant differences (p = 0.003) were observed between the average distance traveled …
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note: A COMPARISON OF IN-PERSON VERSUS VIRTUAL HEALTH CONSULTATIONS FOR FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION IN PEDIATRIC DENTAL PATIENTS by Kevin Amaniampong D.D.S., The University of Alberta, 2019 B.Sc., The University of Calgary, 2015 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Craniofacial Science) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) June 2024 © Kevin Amaniampong, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: A comparison of in-person versus virtual health consultations for full mouth rehabilitation in pediatric dental patients submitted by Kevin Amaniampong in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Craniofacial Science Examining Committee: Joy M. Richman, Professor, Dentistry, UBC Supervisor Ahmed Hieawy, Associate Professor, Dentistry, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Jennifer Park, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dentistry, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Nicholas Tong, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Dentistry, UBC Additional Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Brenden Hursh, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Objectives: Our primary objective was to determine if differences exist between the estimated and actual numbers of teeth requiring treatment and the time required under general anesthesia for dental treatment in virtual and in-person dental consultations. Secondarily, we assessed the distance from the primary residence to BC Children's Hospital (BCCH) for families using consultations. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for patients meeting the criteria. Data were collected for both types of consultations, including patient demographics, estimated treatment information (predicted treatment time and number of teeth …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444082
language: eng
degree discipline: Craniofacial Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Richman, Joy M.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88573