Frequency of endodontic treatment in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Dental implant treatment: Experience in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

“…The finding in this study portrayed more than half of the patients had no prior medical condition of note similar to a previous study [2]. Diabetes was recorded in this study a finding which corroborates a previous report of diabetics receiving dental implants [13].…”

“…A male preponderance was observed in this study a finding in contrast to that reported in the United States [10], Germany [13] and Korea [14] where there was a female preponderance but similar to previous Nigerian studies [2,11]. The preponderance of males in this study may be attributed to the occupation of the male participants who tend to be easily given to trauma related events and contact sports than women leading to loss of teeth and possible more earning power of males in Nigeria as dental implants are not so cheap with females showing tendency to go for less expensive or cost-effective tooth replacement options in Nigeria [15].…”

“…The age range of patients (19 years to 76 years) in this study is similar to that reported in a previous Nigerian study [2] and an Australian study [12]. The mean (standard deviation) age of the patients 50.08±13.54 years noted in this study is close to the 51.5years reported in Australia [12] but lower than the 61.4±12.2 years and 60.6±12.7 years recorded in previous studies [10,13] and higher than the 48.4±16.6 years recorded in a previous Nigerian study [2]. The most prevalent age group was 41-50years in this study, a finding different from the most prevalent age group of 60-69years reported in previous studies [12,14].…”

“…Dental implants provide predictable treatment outcome for the replacement of missing teeth that were not previously available [1]. The increase in its awareness as a replacement for missing teeth has led to an increase in its demand [2]. This increased patient awareness, expectations and demands have led to an explosion of the dental implant market [3].…”

“…Implant therapy although accepted as a predictable treatment option for replacing missing teeth [10] is still yet to be a readily available treatment in developing economies like Nigeria. Some studies have been done in this clime as regard implant treatment of patients with good outcome [2,11] however, these studies were done majorly in the South western region, there still appears to be paucity of studies in other regions hence the need for this study which characterised the types of implants and implant supported restorations placed in a tertiary hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria as well as determine the outcome of the implant treatment.…”