Shaikh Rukhshana N, Chauhan Chirag J, Prajapati Nikunj, Tintodana Komil, Patel Ghanshyam, Machchar Abhay
Department of Prosthodontics, (PHD Scholar, Gujarat University), Siddhpur Dental College and Hospital, Siddhpur, Patan, Gujarat, India.
Department of Prosthodontics, Ahmedabad Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Jul;16(Suppl 3):S2097-S2099. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_67_24. Epub 2024 Apr 24.
Patan is a district of North Gujarat having a mainly rural population. Here, patients are having lack of knowledge with regard to the replacement of teeth especially by dental implant option.
To know about the awareness and knowledge of dental implant as well as its acceptance and satisfaction rate among patients as a replacement option for missing teeth in patients of Patan district of Gujarat state.
A self-explanatory questionnaire-based study.
About 707 out of 800 patients were included in the present study.
Only 28.6% of participants knew about dental implant treatment for the replacement of missing teeth. The younger and more educated participants showed more awareness and knowledge with slight differences within gender. Patients showed just 24.7% acceptance. Around 76.3% of participants noted satisfaction by their known acquaintances about dental implant treatment.
This study demarcates a lack of awareness and knowledge of dental implants in the patients of the Patan district. The government has to arrange the awareness program repeatedly for patients about restoration of the missing teeth by using different means and avail dental implant treatment in government-based hospitals.
帕坦是古吉拉特邦北部的一个地区，主要人口为农村人口。在这里，患者对牙齿替换，尤其是种植牙选项缺乏了解。
了解古吉拉特邦帕坦地区患者对种植牙的认知和了解程度，以及其作为缺失牙替代选项的接受率和满意度。
一项基于自解释问卷的研究。
本研究纳入了800名患者中的约707名。
只有28.6%的参与者知道种植牙治疗可用于替换缺失牙。年龄较轻、受教育程度较高的参与者表现出更高的认知度，不同性别之间存在细微差异。患者的接受率仅为24.7%。约76.3%的参与者表示其熟人对种植牙治疗感到满意。
本研究表明帕坦地区的患者对种植牙缺乏认知和了解。政府必须通过不同方式反复为患者安排关于缺失牙修复的宣传项目，并在政府医院提供种植牙治疗。
