Patients awareness and attitude towards dental implants

Abstract

Aims:The aim of the study was to assess the awareness of the patients regarding implant-retained prosthesis as an option for tooth replacement and the knowledge about tooth replacement as a whole including source of information and attitude towards it amongst Malaysian population.Materials and Methods:Information on demographic characteristics, knowledge about implant as an option for missing tooth replacement, source of information and knowledge about other options of tooth replacement were obtained from patients visiting various dental outpatient departments of hospital and private dental clinics using nationwide self-explanatory survey.Results:Amongst the 1013 response retrieved, 27% of respondents felt moderately well informed about the dental implant treatment. Only 9% of the respondents had dental implant treatment before and 17% felt well informed about different alternatives of replacing missing teeth. The dentists were the main source of information regarding dental implant treatment modality followed by friends and electronic media. 55.6% respondents felt implant to be as good as own teeth during function whereas high cost was the major limiting factor for implant treatment.Conclusion:56% of Malaysian population was aware of dental implant as an alternative for replacing missing teeth. Necessary efforts and measures should be made to raise the awareness of dental implant treatment in the country.

Knowledge and Awareness regarding Dental Implants in Patients visiting Dental College of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

“…It was observed that the majority (87.9%) of the respondents had heard about the implants. When these results were compared with other studies, similar findings were observed in the studies done by Saha et al, 8 Kohli et al, 9 and Narayanan et al, 13 but these results were not in accordance with the studies done by Raju et al, 14 Sohail et al, 15 Al-Johany et al, 16 Khosya and Devaraj, 5 and Santhosh Kumar et al 17 In this study, participants were not well informed regarding the alternatives of replacement of missing teeth. Participants were only aware about complete denture as an alternative of replacement of missing teeth.…”

“…Figure 1 depicts the survey form which included selfexplanatory questions in correspondence to previous studies conducted by Chowdhary et al, 10 Berge, 12 and Kohli et al 9 A random sampling method with convenient sample size was used. Questionnaire was prepared both in English and Hindi (local language) to improve the participants' understanding of the questions.…”

“…Many studies have stated the awareness levels in different populations ranging from 42 to 79%. [6][7][8][9][10][11] Various studies have been done in many parts of the world with regard to the awareness of dental implants as a treatment option.…”

Attitude of partial denture wearers towards implant treatment and its association with oral hygiene status, age, gender and extent of edentulousness – A cross sectional study

“…Mc Kenna et al 2016 [18] concluded that previous implant treatment experience and increased income levels were found to strongly influence willingness to pay for implant treatment. Dental Implant treatment was found to be expensive and unaffordable by patients in Malaysia as reported by a survey by Kohli S et al 2015 [17] . In the present study a statistically significant difference (p=0.045) was seen in the oral hygiene status of participants willing for implant treatment when compared to those not willing.…”

“…Numerous studies also assessed the awareness of general population about the pros and cons of implant treatment, financial implications of the procedure, patient expectations and preference of fixed implant treatment over removable prostheses [14][15][16][17][18] . All these studies categorically stated that income levels of the patient is a determining factor in choosing implant treatment, that majority of information gathered by patients is through media and high cost of implants is a major factor that precluded patient preference for the treatment modality.…”