Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude Regarding Dental Implants among Dental Interns

Sharma, Ananda Kumar; Shrestha, Badri Man; Chaudhari, Bijay Kumar; Suwal, Pramita; Singh, Raj Kumar

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“…When comparing the results for general implant knowledge with other studies, we found that the correct answers in our study to the five items ranged from 53% to 70.2%, which is similar to previous studies of Nepalese dentists, ranging from 51.7% to 78.2% for the same questions in two studies [17,20]. To the best of our knowledge, there are no similar local studies assessing general implant knowledge.…”

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“…The questionnaire used in this study was derived from four validated questionnairesin previous studies [17,18,20,21] with modifications, and a pilot testing was carried out among 10 participants to evaluate the questions in terms of syntax, organization, order, logical sequence, content, grammar, and clarity of meaning.…”

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“…Many studies have investigated levels of knowledge and attitudes about dental implants among dental students and dentists. For example, a recent study in Nepal [17]showed that 50.36% of dental interns are moderately knowledgeable about dental implants; however,64.3% had difficulty in placing an implant. More importantly, 67.14% of their respondents stated that they had acquired enough knowledge about implant treatment during their bachelor studies.…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Interns and Dentists on Implants and Implant-Retained Restorations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alghamdi¹,

Aboalshamat²,

Alghamdi³

et al. 2020

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Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of dental interns and dentists in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, about Cement-Retained Restoration (CRR), Screw Retained Restoration (SRR), and implant restoration. Methods: A total of 530 dentists and students participated in the study. Data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire modified from previous studies. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software for t-test, linear regression, and ANOVA. Results: Participants had a mean score of 5.01 (SD = 1.50) for a total of nine implant-retained restoration (IRR)knowledge questions (lowest score = 0, highest score = 9), and general implant knowledge had a mean score of 3.12 (SD = 1.25) for five questions with scores of 0 to 5. The participants’ knowledge about implants significantly differed in relation to gender, place of work, and work status. Also, participant knowledge about IRR showed significant differences in relation to participants' knowledge, age, gender and place of work. The dental interns and dentists were in agreement in considering SRR to be better than CRR for six out of nine factors. Those factors were cost effectiveness, expertise required for provision, retrievability, retention, fracture resistance, and passivity of fit. Conclusion: The overall knowledge of dental interns and dentists regarding implants and IRR was fair and needs to be improved, given the tendency of general dentists to engage in implant dentistry. Both dentists and interns considered CRR to be aesthetically superior, easier to fabricate, and requiring comparatively less expertise in comparison to SRR.

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Interns and Dentists on Implants and Implant-Retained Restorations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alghamdi¹,

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Alghamdi³

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“…The predominance of males over females was also reported in a previous study, which attributed this finding to other factors, stating that the dental profession worldwide is generally more male dominated [31]. However, this finding is inconsistent with other studies [32][33][34][35]. One of these studies, which was conducted in India, attributed this shift to the growing increase in females over males that has occurred over several years [33].…”

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Knowledge, awareness, and perception of dental students, interns, and freshly graduated dentists regarding dental implant complications in Saudi Arabia: a web-based anonymous survey

Saad

Salem

2021

BMC Oral Health

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Background It is necessary for dental students and freshly graduated dentists to apply their education and practice to different clinical and preclinical procedures. The implant success rate and durability are high. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the level of knowledge, awareness and perception of dental students, interns and freshly graduated students regarding dental implant complications in Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study design using a web-based method was conducted at different dental institutions in Saudi Arabia from December 2019 to March 2020. Data were collected from all (n = 288) undergraduate students, interns and freshly graduated dentists using a pretested standardized self-administered web-based questionnaire that was prepared and circulated using a template provided by Google Forms (Google, Inc., USA). Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were performed to analyse the data using SPSS (version 20). Results A total of 288 participants completed the questionnaire, with a response rate of 83.4%. Of the total participants, 37.5% showed a good level of knowledge regarding dental implant procedures, and 38.9% showed the same level of knowledge regarding implant complications. The most important cause of complications associated with dental implants was case selection, which accounted for 54.17%. Most participants (58.33%) chose massive bone loss related to implant failure as the most common late dental complication, while 26.39% chose postoperative infection as the most common early dental complication. In addition, 30.56% of the participants selected screw loosening as the most frequent mechanical complication. However, lack of implant primary stability was the most common hard-tissue implant complication. Based on aesthetic and reversible complications, restorations that were too buccal or too palatal and prosthetic-related, respectively, were the least common dental implant complications. Conclusions The level of knowledge among participants regarding dental implant complications differed among the institutions participating in this study. This difference reflects a significant variation that necessitates reviewing and standardizing dental implant curricula among these institutions.

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“…In a similar study done to assess the knowledge of dental interns of Nepal 58.6% said the main advantage of dental implants as compared to other tooth-replacement modalities is they are more conservative and 51.07% said case selection to be the most important factor for implant success. 24 This suggests that undergraduate dental students in Nepal acquire much of their basic knowledge about dental implants during their internship program. They have perceived the need and shown a positive attitude towards gaining more information about dental implant procedures through various sources.…”

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Knowledge and perception about dental implants among undergraduate dental students

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IntroductionAwareness about dental implants is increasing among dental patients, which demands a higher level of competence for dental students. So, the objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and perception of undergraduate dental students about dental implants.Materials and methodsThis cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted after taking ethical clearance and approval from the Institutional Review Committee of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences and informed consent from each dental college of Nepal. The sample included all those students who were present at the time of survey. Data collection were carried out during the academic schedules of the colleges, supervised, and monitored by the investigators themselves. Collected data were coded, entered in Microsoft excel 2013 and descriptive analysis was carried out.ResultsA majority of the total (54.6%) and 59.2% of 5th year respondents perceived to be moderately well-informed about dental implants. The main advantage of dental implants was thought to be longevity by 53.1% of total and 48.4% of 5th year students; only 27.6% of the total and 42.2% of 5th year students said the main advantage of dental implants is they are more conservative than other tooth-replacement modalities. Highest percentage of the total respondents (31.9%) said most important factor for implant success to be implant type and material, whereas 59.8% of 5th year students said case selection. Those who felt dental implants require additional oral hygiene maintenance and care by the patient and dentist were 58.4% of total and 75.1% of 5th year students. Over two-thirds (67.5%) of total thought that economic feasibility will limit use of dental implants in Nepal. The difficulty encountered to place implants was perceived to be average by 56.8% of total and 58.1% of 5th year. There were differences in the perception and knowledge at different academic levels, but not as expected.ConclusionsIt could not be concluded that knowledge about dental implants increased with increase in academic level. Even at the late-clinical year a majority of students gave unsatisfactory responses.

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Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude Regarding Dental Implants among Dental Interns

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Interns and Dentists on Implants and Implant-Retained Restorations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Interns and Dentists on Implants and Implant-Retained Restorations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, awareness, and perception of dental students, interns, and freshly graduated dentists regarding dental implant complications in Saudi Arabia: a web-based anonymous survey

Knowledge and perception about dental implants among undergraduate dental students

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