Awareness On Management of Transitional Implants

Abstract

Introduction: Dental implant treatment has evolved a lot over the years for replacing missing teeth. There are clinical situations wherein the patient would have to go through a waiting period after a surgical procedure. During such a waiting period, the patient needs to function on a fixed temporary restoration till the final restoration can be placed. This has been made possible by the advent of transitional implants which have been designed and placed along with the conventional implants for the replacement of the patient's missing dentition and enabling the patient to experience the benefits of implantology immediately. Aim:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness about transitional implants among dental students.Materials And Method: The present study was a questionnaire based survey study. A total of 100 dental students from Chennai population took part in the study. Self-structured standard questionnaires were given to the students through an online portal and the survey was administered to the students belonging to first year, second year, third year, final year, interns and PG. The survey was conducted among them to analyse their awareness of management of transitional implants. Survey consisted of a set of 10 questions. Random sampling was done. Data was collected and put into pie charts to display the statistical results.Results: Students belonging to PG were most aware about transitional implants and its indications. 58.4% were aware of the osteotomy, 60% were aware that both edentualous and partially edentulous patients can undergo transitional implant placement and 60% were aware of its role during overdentures. According to the chi Square test, (p<0.05). Thus data was statistically significant.Conclusion: Within the limits of the study, it is observed that the students had awareness about transitional implants. However, furtherawareness can be created among a larger number of participants.