The Influence of the Expensive Dental Prosthetic Practice on the Quality of Life

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the influence of expensive dental aesthetic prosthetics on the quality of human life. The study was conducted in the January–April 2022; the whole sample included 120 dental patients living in the city of Belgorod (n = 60) and its suburbs (n = 60). Methods of collecting primary information were the following: the content analysis of patients’ medical records, who received services for expensive dental aesthetic prosthetics; as well as the semi-structured interview of respondents (rehabilitants).Content analysis materials were processed and interpreted using the methods of compiling comparative tables and comparative analysis; data analysis of semi-structured interviews was conducted using the SPSS software package.

As a result of the study, the conclusions were made: firstly, the quality of a person’s life can be improved through an objective component (for example, finding a more prestigious job) and a subjective component (by increasing self-esteem due to approval received from relatives and close friends); secondly, the quality of the person's life can be affected by the cost of dental care.