Suprakash B, Ahammed A R Yusuf, Thareja Amit, Kandaswamy Raghavendra, Nilesh Kumar, Bhondwe Mahajan Sarvesha
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2013 Jan 1;14(1):115-8. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1282.
The present study was undertaken to access the level of knowledge and attitude of patients toward implant treatment as an option for replacement of missing teeth.
An epidemiological study was conducted among 440 subjects who attended the OPD of two Departments (Prosthodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). A self-administered structured closed ended questionnaire pretested through a pilot survey was used in the study. The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 15.0. The Student's t-test and ANOVA test were used as test of significance.
Out of 440 subjects asked about the knowledge and attitude about implants, only 33.3% had heard of implants as a treatment modality and dentists were the main source of information. Very few people had undergone implant surgery. The level of awareness increased with education. The main factor for not having implants was due to its high treatment charges. However, they were interested to know more about the implant treatment modality.
The survey was conducted in a dental institute and majority of the participants were unaware about dental implants. It also showed that need for providing more information to the patients about this treatment modality.
本研究旨在了解患者对于种植牙治疗作为缺失牙替代选择的知识水平和态度。
对前往两个科室（口腔修复科和口腔颌面外科）门诊就诊的440名受试者进行了一项流行病学研究。本研究使用了通过预试验进行过预测试的自行填写的结构化封闭式问卷。使用SPSS 15.0版软件对数据进行分析。采用学生t检验和方差分析作为显著性检验。
在440名被问及种植牙知识和态度的受试者中，只有33.3%听说过种植牙这种治疗方式，牙医是主要的信息来源。很少有人接受过种植牙手术。认知水平随教育程度提高而上升。不选择种植牙的主要原因是治疗费用高昂。然而，他们有兴趣更多地了解种植牙治疗方式。
该调查在一家牙科机构进行，大多数参与者对牙种植体并不了解。调查还表明有必要向患者提供更多关于这种治疗方式的信息。
