Level of education as a determinant of patients' sanogenic activity and their satisfaction with orthopedic dental care; Уровень образования как детерминанта саногенной активности и удовлетворенности пациентов стоматологической ортопедической помощью

Introduction. An important factor determining the patient’s attitude to their own health and the medical care they receive is the level of education. The aim of the study is to explore the sanogenic activity and satisfaction with orthopedic dental care of patients after dental implantation. Materials and Methods. For the period from 2020 to the present, a sociological study was conducted in the private dental clinic DK-32 in Moscow, in which 306 patients took part. All patients underwent implantological and orthopedic treatment for their bounded and free-end edentulous spaces. Sanogenic activity and satisfaction with the quality of medical care quality were assessed using the questionnaire method. Results and Discussion. The level of education of the study participants was quite high. Thus, in most cases (57.2%), patients had complete or undergraduate degrees. Respondents who have completed a vocational secondary education accounted for 34.2%, while 8.6% have completed general secondary education. All patients who participated in the study visited the dentist for preventive purposes. Most of them (87.0%) sought preventive examination once a year, while 13.0% two or more times a year. Patients with secondary education sought preventive dental care less often than those with higher education. At the same time, 11.8% of respondents fully followed the dentist’s recommendations on prevention of dental diseases, 87.5% partially followed them, and only 0.7% of respondents did not follow them at all. It was found that respondents with university or undergraduate degrees fully follow the dentist’s recommendations on prevention of dental diseases 3 times more often than those with secondary education. To assess satisfaction with dental care, we studied patients’ opinions on the quality of dental care they received. According to the results, no negative reviews were recorded from patients. Nevertheless, the care received by patients with university degrees was evaluated significantly higher. Conclusions. Higher sanogenic activity and satisfaction with the orthopedic dental care received were identified in individuals with university or undergraduate degrees compared to those who have only completed vocational or general secondary education. This allows us to draw a conclusion about the role of education as the determinants thereof. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.