--- abstract: 'Thirty-one patients treated at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, were assessed for their satisfaction following orthognathic surgery. The female to male ratio was 22:9 with an age range of 17 to 36. Almost all patients (97) listed appearance as one of their rationales for surgery. More males (78) than females (59) wanted functional improvement, while more females (91) than males (33) hoped for improvement in self-confidence. All patients reported esthetic improvement while 68 each reported improvement in mastication and self-confidence. Slightly more than half (52) chose esthetic improvement as the single most important factor resulting in satisfaction. Almost ninety percent of male patients claimed satisfaction with functional improvement, while 68 of those who found satisfaction in improved self-confidence were females. Eighty-seven percent rated their post-surgical changes as being well accepted by their family. The impact of these findings on the success of the surgery and the need to reinforce verbal communication with printed pamphlets are emphasized.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - ~ - ~ - ~ - ngeowy@um.edu.my creators_name: - family: Siow given: K.K. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ong given: S.T. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Lian given: C.B. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ngeow given: W.C. honourific: Dr. lineage: '' date: 2002-12 date_type: published datestamp: 2012-04-25 13:03:34 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/81/68 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 8168 fileinfo: application/pdf;http://cogprints.org/8168/1/Satisfaction%20of%20Orthognathic%20Surgical%20Patients%20in%20A%20Malaysian%20Population.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'adolescent adult article attitude to health cleft lip cleft palate congenital malformation dental care female human hypesthesia Malaysia male malocclusion mastication maxilla motivation patient education patient satisfaction physiology postoperative complication prognathia self concept sex difference statistics treatment outcome Esthetics, Dental Humans Malocclusion, Angle Class II Malocclusion, Angle Class III Postoperative Complications Prognathism Sex Factors' lastmod: 2012-04-25 13:03:34 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: 'Cited By (since 1996): 5 Export Date: 7 March 2012 Source: Scopus PubMed ID: 12613507 Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Siow, K.K.' number: 3-4 pagerange: 165-171 pubdom: TRUE publication: Journal of oral science publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2012-04-25 13:03:34 subjects: - JOURNALS - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: "Associate Prof. Dr. Ngeow Wei Cheong @ David Ngeow\r\nDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of\r\nMalaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA\r\n\r\nAssociate Professor Dr. Ngeow Wei Cheong is currently a lecturer at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Malaya. He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1992 and was a private practitioner for 9 months before he was offered the post of tutorship at his alma matter. Three years later, he went to do a house job at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England. He obtained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland in 1996. He subsequently returned to Malaysia and was a pioneer lecturer at the then newly established Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He left for private practice in 1999 but the temptation to return to academic life was greater, hence he returned to the University of Malaya the subsequent year. His research interest are craniofacial anthropometry, variations of the mandibular nerve, and recovery of peripheral nerves after microsurgical repair. \r\n \r\n\r\nAREAS OF EXPERTISE\r\n\t\r\nDentofacial Anthropometry (Head & Neck, anthropology)\r\n\r\nDental Analgesics (analgesic, local anaesthetic, COX-2 inhibitors)\r\n\r\nSurgical Anatomy (mental foramen, anterior loop)" sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Satisfaction of orthognathic surgical patients in a Malaysian population type: journalp userid: 16514 volume: 44