World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND PRACTICE OF IMPLANT PLACEMENT AMONG GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS AND IMPLANT SPECIALISTS

Dr. M. A. Eswaran, Dr. Rathika Rai, Dr. Seerab Husain*, Dr. Saravanan R. and Dr. Kesavan R.

ABSTRACT

With dental implants being the new state of the art choice of treatment modality for the replacement of missing teeth, there is a need for increased knowledge and awareness of dental implants amongst patients and dentists. Dentists being the primary source of information to the patients about dental implants are required to possess adequate knowledge about various aspects of dental implants, which is currently less amongst current budding dental practitioners. The survey comprising of 20 questions was distributed, out of which 100 responses were collected. It comprised of 50 general practitioners and 50 implant specialists, all ranging within the age group of 23 years to 56 years. The obtained responses were then subjected to descriptive analysis by using SPSS software version 21 and the results were obtained. The results of the survey show vast difference in the knowledge and awareness of dental implant therapy, with general practitioners lagging behind the implant specialists in various aspects of dental implant therapy.

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