An Analysis of Patient Perceptions and Expectations to Dental Implants: Is There a Significant Effect on Long-Term Satisfaction Levels?

Table 6

Correlations between recommending a friend, satisfaction with dental practitioner and self-confidence levels.

		Recommend a friend	Satisfaction with dental practitioner	Self-confidence levels
Recommend a friend	Pearson correlation
	Sig. (2-tailed)
	Satisfaction with dental practitioner	Pearson correlation
Sig. (2-tailed)
Self-confidence levels		Pearson correlation
	Sig. (2-tailed)

is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). The table indicates that there is a significant relationship between recommending a friend for dental implants and the satisfaction with the dental practitioner: , , and . In addition, there is a significant relationship between the satisfaction with the dental practitioner and the self-confidence levels of the patient: , , and .