Patient care in oral and maxillofacial surgery: a randomized pilot study comparing conventional and digitally assisted care after surgical procedures
- Conditions
- non-preservable teeth, chronic apical periodontitis, dentitio difficilis, edentulism
- Registration Number
- DRKS00028625
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie - Plastische Operationen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Patients undergoing minor outpatient dentoalveolar surgical procedures (such as tooth extraction, apicoectomy, osteotomy, or implant placement).
- Consent to participate in the study
- Sufficient knowledge of German language and writing
- Age of majority and ability to give consent
- Access to and proficient use of a smartphone
- Close relatives of the persons involved in the study on the part of the clinic
- Patients under judicial supervision
- Psychologically unstable patients
- With a known history of drug abuse
- Serious underlying medical conditions (ASA =3)
- Currently undergoing chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiation therapy, or within the past 6 months
- Current or history of radiation therapy to the head and neck region
- Current or history of taking antiresorptive medications
- Dual antiplatelet therapy or coagulopathies requiring substitution
- Minor patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cumulative doctor-patient contact - measured duration during appointments for informed consent and follow-up(s), surgery time is explicitly excluded
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of appointments/visits for doctor-patient contacts - two appointments are assumed: appointments for informed consent and follow-up one week after the surgical procedure, additional appointments if appiicable;<br><br>Number of complications - the number of patients in which a complication occured<br><br>Satisfaction (overall satisfaction) 7 to 14 days postoperatively - Likert scale from very satisfied to not at all satisfied (4 items)<br><br>Confidence in dealing with postoperative symptoms and possible complications 7 to 14 days postoperatively - Likert scale from very confident to not at all confident (4 items)