Trial reportClinical oral investigations2021
Postoperative online follow-up improves the quality of life of patients who undergo extraction of impacted madibular third molars: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- The cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a Chinese version of the postoperative symptom severity (PoSSe) scale.BDJ open · 2025Article
- Evaluating quality of life in third molar surgery: a scoping review of the postoperative symptom severity (PoSSe) scale.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2025Article
- From Patient Experience to Dental Service Return Visits: A Narrative Review of Strategies for Improving Dental Care Services.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- Standardized coronectomy versus total extraction for impacted mandibular third molars: a single-blinded prospective analysis of patient-reported outcomes.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Follow-up by telephone questionnaire in outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2024Article
- Effect of Online Clinic on Follow-Up Compliance and Survival Outcomes in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Real-World Cohort Study from Endemic Area.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Telemedicine in Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.World journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Dental anxiety is related to postoperative symptoms in third molar surgery.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of online follow-up on the quality of life of patients who undergo extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study enrolled patients with impacted mandibular third molars who were treated at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Stomatological Hospital at Southern Medical University and divided them into test and control groups. The test group received an online follow-up on the first, third, and fifth days after tooth extraction, while the control group was not followed up with. Patients in both groups were reexamined on the postoperative seventh day, completing the postoperative symptom severity (PoSSe) scale to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate their quality of life after tooth extraction. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of approval for an online follow-up after tooth extraction by 20 senior doctors (≥ 40 years old) and 20 young doctors (<4 0 years old).
resultsThe PoSSe scale scores of the remaining options in the test group were significantly lower than those in the control group. The VAS score of senior doctors for online follow-up was significantly lower than that of young doctors.
conclusionsA postoperative online follow-up effectively improved the quality of life of patients who underwent extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. Compared with senior doctors, young doctors were more likely to approve an online follow-up after tooth extraction. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Online medical care can be considered as an auxiliary tool to improve the effect of oral treatment.
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