Awareness On Mastoid Implants Among Dental Students

Abstract

Introduction: The goal of modern dentistry is to provide patients with good oral health in a predictable fashion. The edentulous patient may hoot have good masticatory function or aesthetics. When wearing a removable denture the efficiency is reduced to one sixth than natural dentition.An ideal prosthesis can bring back normal muscle activity thereby improving mastication. Implant Prosthetic options just do not rely on alveolar bone. There are many other options too. One such option is the mastoid implants.Our aim is to evaluate the awareness on mastoid implants among dental students.Materials and methods: A set of 10 questions were formulated and distributed among the undergraduate students to determine their awareness on mastoid implants All data were collected and analysis was done. The data were entered in an Excel sheet and were imported to SPSS software by IBM. Results: 80% of the participants were undergraduate students. Also 35% have ideas regarding mastoid implants and very few participants were trained in mastoid implants, only 3%. Almost 60 % of study participants agree that mastoid implants may be highly valued in the future.Conclusion: Within the limitations of the study it can be said that there is very little awareness about mastoid implants among the student population and conducting more educational programs and providing more hands-on training will motivate the upcoming dental professionals to be well aware of future prospects of maxillofacial prosthetic treatment.