Summary of: A qualitative study of patients’ motivations and expectations for dental implants

Abstract

Objective: To explore patients’ motivations and expectations for dental implants. Design: Single-setting, qualitative interview study. Subjects, setting and method: Semi-structured, telephone interviews were conducted with ninepatients who had consulted a restorative dental practitioner with an interest in implantology about the possibility of replacing their missing teeth with dental implants. Outcome measure: Interview transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis to identify relevant themes. Results: The main theme to emerge was ʼnormality’. Participants expected implants to restore their oral-related quality of life to ʼnormal’. However, individual definitions of normality differed; some..