Knowledge and Attitude of Patients toward Dental Implants as an Option for Replacement of Missing Teeth
| Autor: | Thareja A, Nilesh K, Bhondwe Mahajan S, Kandaswamy R, Ahammed Ar, Suprakash B |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Urban Population medicine.medical_treatment Pilot survey Dentistry Access to Information Tooth Loss Young Adult Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Dental Anxiety Epidemiology medicine Humans General Dentistry Dental Implants business.industry Age Factors Anova test Health Care Costs Middle Aged Test (assessment) Epidemiologic Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Treatment modality Oral and maxillofacial surgery Educational Status Female Self Report Implant Prosthodontics business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice. 14:115-118 |
| ISSN: | 1526-3711 |
| DOI: | 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1282 |
| Popis: | Objective The present study was undertaken to access the level of knowledge and attitude of patients toward implant treatment as an option for replacement of missing teeth. Materials and methods An epidemiological study was conducted among 440 subjects who attended the OPD of two Departments (Prosthodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). A self-administered structured closed ended questionnaire pretested through a pilot survey was used in the study. The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 15.0. The Student's t-test and ANOVA test were used as test of significance. Results Out of 440 subjects asked about the knowledge and attitude about implants, only 33.3% had heard of implants as a treatment modality and dentists were the main source of information. Very few people had undergone implant surgery. The level of awareness increased with education. The main factor for not having implants was due to its high treatment charges. However, they were interested to know more about the implant treatment modality. Conclusion The survey was conducted in a dental institute and majority of the participants were unaware about dental implants. It also showed that need for providing more information to the patients about this treatment modality. How to cite this article Suprakash B, Ahammed ARY, Thareja A, Kandaswamy R, Kumar N, Bhondwe S. Knowledge and Attitude of Patients toward Dental Implants as an Option for Replacement of Missing Teeth. J Contemp Dent Pract 2013;14(1):115-118. |
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