Knowledge and Attitude of the patients towards dental implant treatment for the missing teeth replacement in the Banaskantha Population.

Autor: N., Shaikh Rukhshana, J., Chauhan Chirag, B., Pathan Rashidkhan
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research; Mar2022, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p74-79, 6p
Abstrakt: Background: North side of Gujarat includes Banaskantha district, in which population is having lack of knowledge regarding the dental implant treatment for the missing teeth replacement. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge and attitude of the patients towards the dental implant treatment for the missing teeth replacement as well as to evaluate the information source of their knowledge in the Banaskantha population. Material and Methods: Patients visited to the one of the Dental College and Hospital as well as dental department of one of the Medical College and Research Institute of North Gujarat were asked to fill the self-explanatory questionnaire forms. From them, 150 patients who were from the Banaskantha were selected for the present study. Results: Present study showed only 14.7% of the participants having knowledge about dental implant treatment. Thirty five per cent participants showed positive attitude towards dental implant treatment Conclusions: It is concluded that lack of knowledge is present about the dental implant treatment in the Banaskantha population. Therefore, we tried to provide them an education related to the dental implant treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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