Self-Perception of Dental Esthetics among Dental Students at King Saud University and Their Desired Treatment
Table 4
Comparison of the subjects’ responses toward desired esthetic treatments with respect to their gender, academic year, GPA, and monthly household income (part 2).
Questions regarding treatment
Do you feel you have enough knowledge of the available esthetic treatment options?
Do you prefer to have tooth-colored restorations on your posterior teeth knowing that amalgam and gold restorations have higher survival rates? (Yes)
Your desired esthetic dental treatment (multiple responses)
Teeth whitening
Orthodontic treatment
Tooth-colored restorations
Ceramic veneers
Crowns
Partial dentures or implants
I Do not need any treatment
Response
Yes
284 (73.8)
256 (66.5)
251 (65.2)
159 (41.3)
77 (20)
36 (9.4)
22 (5.7)
11 (2.9)
66 (17.1)
No
101 (26.2)
129 (33.5)
134 (34.8)
226 (58.7)
308 (80)
349 (90.6)
363 (94.3)
374 (97.1)
319 (82.9)
Gender-Number (%) (yes)
Male
133 (71.9)
117 (63.2)
114 (61.6)
94 (50.8)
44 (23.8)
26 (14.1)
15 (8.1)
8 (4.3)
31 (16.8)
Female
151 (75.5)
139 (69.5)
137 (68.5)
65 (32.5)
33 (16.5)
10 (5.0)
7 (3.5)
3 (1.5)
35 (17.5)
-value
0.421
0.194
0.157
<0.0001
0.074
0.002
0.052
0.097
0.847
Academic year-Number (%) (yes)
1st
47 (58.8)
37 (46.3)
52 (65.0)
26 (32.5)
12 (15.0)
10 (12.5)
4 (5.0)
4 (5.0)
12 (15.0)
2nd
48 (60.0)
50 (62.5)
54 (67.5)
31 (38.8)
17 (21.3)
8 (10.0)
7 (8.8)
5 (6.3)
11 (13.8)
3rd
68 (85.0)
64 (80.0)
51 (63.8)
33 (41.3)
17 (21.3)
5 (6.3)
2 (2.5)
1 (1.3)
13 (16.3)
4th
53 (75.7)
48 (68.6)
51 (72.9)
40 (57.1)
19 (27.1)
7 (10.0)
6 (8.6)
1 (1.4)
9 (12.9)
5th
68 (90.7)
57 (76.0)
43 (57.3)
29 (38.7)
12 (16.0)
6 (8.0)
3 (4.0)
0
21 (28.0)
-value
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.391
0.037
0.356
0.721
—
—
0.089
GPA-Number (%)
4.5–5
196 (72.6)
176 (65.2)
181 (67.0)
103 (38.1)
45 (16.7)
26 (9.6)
14 (5.2)
9 (3.3)
47 (17.4)
3.75–4.49
83 (76.9)
74 (68.5)
67 (62.0)
52 (48.1)
28 (25.9)
9 (8.3)
7 (6.5)
2 (1.9)
18 (16.7)
<3.75
5 (71.4)
6 (85.7)
3 (42.9)
4 (57.1)
4 (57.1)
1 (14.3)
1 (14.3)
0
1 (14.3)
-value
0.690
0.457
0.299
0.141
0.006
0.836
0.545
—
0.965
Monthly household income-number (%)
<10,000
15 (65.2)
14 (60.9)
14 (60.9)
10 (43.5)
9 (39.1)
2 (8.7)
1 (4.3)
1 (4.3)
3 (13.0)
10,000–15000
22 (57.9)
27 (71.1)
19 (50.0)
21 (55.3)
12 (31.6)
3 (7.9)
5 (13.2)
2 (5.3)
6 (15.8)
15,000–20,000
57 (75.0)
51 (67.1)
52 (68.4)
28 (36.8)
13 (17.1)
8 (10.5)
3 (3.9)
1 (1.3)
13 (17.1)
>20,000
190 (76.6)
164 (66.1)
166 (66.9)
100 (40.3)
43 (17.3)
23 (9.3)
13 (5.2)
7 (2.8)
44 (17.7)
-value
0.075
0.871
0.192
0.281
0.019
0.972
—
—
0.944
Statistically significant; (yes) if the question answer was yes.
