International Journal of Dental Research

International Journal of Dental Research


International Journal of Dental Research
International Journal of Dental Research
2021, Vol. 3, Issue 2
Evaluation of awareness of dental implant treatment in a population of Vadodara district

Medha Sharma, Neeraj Deshpande, Monali Shah

Introduction: A dental implant is an artificial prosthesis with the various titanium based single or multiple screws fitted into the oral cavity to provide partial or full mouth prosthesis. As the new age advances, the era of modern dentistry has seen a robust growth in implants. The main aim of this study is to gain access regarding the awareness of dental implant treatment in population, with regard to the age variation amongst the young and old population, and awareness amongst female and male. Materials and method: A questionnaire based survey consisting of 12 questions regarding the awareness of dental implant treatment selected randomly in population of Vadodara district, distributed randomly in various clinics of Vadodara district through google forms and printed questionnaire. Results: The study reveals that age range varying from 18 to 40 years are 47.9% and from 41 to 70 years were 39.6% aware regarding the dental implant treatment whereas considering the female and male ratio, 50.3% female were more aware as compared to 49.7% male in general population of Vadodara district. Conclusion: The study shows that there is lack of awareness regarding the dental implant treatment in old population as compared to young population. There is lack of knowledge in male population as compared to female in general patient population of Vadodara district. More and more of dental camps should be organised targeting the old and male population of Vadodara district.
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Medha Sharma, Neeraj Deshpande, Monali Shah. Evaluation of awareness of dental implant treatment in a population of Vadodara district. International Journal of Dental Research, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 34-38
International Journal of Dental Research