Factors Influencing the Completion Rate of Comprehensive Dental Treatment Plans in Adult Patients

Citation: Sofya Katenova, "Factors Influencing the Completion Rate of Comprehensive Dental Treatment Plans in Adult Patients", Universal Library of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume 04, Issue 03.

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Abstract

Adult patients complete comprehensive dental treatment plans when clinical need becomes understandable, affordable, tolerable, and linked to follow-up. This analytical review examines factors that interrupt or support completion after diagnosis: understanding of alternatives, perceived consequences of delay, financial pressure, dental fear, trust in the clinician, missed appointments, and post-treatment contact. The source base includes 10 peer-reviewed publications from 2021 to 2026 on dental decision-making, access barriers, oral health literacy, communication, patient experience, no-shows, anxiety, affordability, and compliance with instructions. Comparative source analysis, source synthesis, typologization, and conceptual modelling were used to connect published evidence with a practice-oriented model for routine adult dentistry. Staged alternatives, scenario-based cost explanation, anxiety-sensitive communication, next-day contact, and preventive recall form the proposed clinical logic for improving treatment continuity without claiming empirical clinic-level results or measured gains from any single dental practice.

Keywords: Comprehensive Dental Treatment, Adult Patients, Treatment Completion, Dental Adherence, Oral Health Literacy.

https://doi.org/10.70315/uloap.ulmhs.2026.0403002