Awareness Regarding Implant Supported Dental Prosthesis; A Survey In Tertiary Care Set Up

Abstract

Objective: This research was aimed to assess the awareness and attitude regarding implant-retained prosthesis as the most advanced option for tooth replacement amongst residents of Karachi visiting tertiary care centre. Methodology: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in the department of Prosthodontics at Bahria University Dental Hospital, Karachi. Undertaking the demographic characteristics of patients, the objective was to determine the awareness and attitude toward implant supported prosthesis. Results: Amongst 380 responses retrieved, 9.8% of respondents were aware about the dental implant treatment. While correlating awareness with demographics features, awareness statistically increased with educational level (p= 0.00) and occupational category(p=0.01) of the participants. The friends and relative s(40.5%) were the main source of information regarding dental implant treatment modality. 54.1% were unwilling to undergo treatment with dental implant whereas high cost (55.2%)was the major limiting factor for implant treatment. 64.9% demanded dental insurance for getting the treatment. 45.9% had no knowledge regarding maintenance of implant supported prosthesis .73.0% had no idea regarding longevity of dental implant where as 86.5% were unaware of it’s impact on systemic health. Conclusion: The overall awareness regarding implant supported prosthesis was found to be minimal. This underlines the need of efforts and measures that should be made to raise the awareness and thus alter attitude towards dental implant therapy. Expensive rates (55.2%) was found to be the major limiting factor that should be relieved in the form of health insurance policies, especially in the developing countries like ours.

Assessment of the Socioeconomic Status and Analysis of the Factors Motivating Patients to Apply for Prosthetic Treatment by Students of Dentistry at the Poznań University of Medical Sciences

“…Higher awareness of general health and prosthetic treatment options is perceived more by better-educated people. This is confirmed by the studies of Patil et al [12]; Saha et al [24]; Schützhold et al [25]; and Baqar et al [26]. Other researchers also observed that the de-sire to improve function and bite is the most important motivating factor for prosthetic treatment [13,27,28], and the results of this study and the study by Baqar et al [26] showed no gender difference.…”

“…This is confirmed by the studies of Patil et al [12]; Saha et al [24]; Schützhold et al [25]; and Baqar et al [26]. Other researchers also observed that the de-sire to improve function and bite is the most important motivating factor for prosthetic treatment [13,27,28], and the results of this study and the study by Baqar et al [26] showed no gender difference. In the study by Amjad and Aziz [29], 70.6% of men considered function as the most important reason for tooth replacement.…”

“…In both cases, no statistically significant relationships were found. Whereas Baqar et al [26] showed in their study that friends and relatives were the main motivators of rehabilitation in 54.5% of respondents.…”

“…Life expectancy increased on average by 6.2 years compared to 1990, lengthening to almost 72 years in 2013. Among women, the increase in life expectancy was slightly higher (6.6 years) than among men (5.8 years) [26], which also resulted in an increase in the prosthetic needs of women compared with men. In turn, the higher rate of toothlessness can be explained by the different treatment patterns of the two genders.…”