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Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Pain as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Pain was identified as a factor of choice in 49 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes
49 countries; varied dental, health-care, educational, and private settings
Number of articles identifying factor 49
49 studies
GRADE not reported

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Patients' factors of choice regarding utilization of dental treatments · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

The review identified 101 factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions across 233 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes
49 countries; varied dental, health-care, educational, and private settings
Number of factors identified 101
233 studies
GRADE not reported

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Aesthetics was identified as a factor of choice in 53 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes
49 countries; varied dental, health-care, educational, and private settings
Number of articles identifying factor 53
53 studies
GRADE not reported

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Delay of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

In one mixed-methods study, 38.1% of dental-care respondents reported delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 finding from 1 review

Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes
USA; online convenience sample · US patients at COVID-19 onset (Papautsky et al. convenience sample, n=2570)
Proportion reporting delays 0.381
1 study · 2570 participants
GRADE not reported

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Willingness to pay for dental care · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Thirty-seven articles examined willingness to pay for dental care.

1 finding from 1 review

Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes
49 countries; varied dental, health-care, educational, and private settings
Number of articles examining willingness to pay 37
37 studies
GRADE not reported