Knowledge, Awareness & Attitude regarding Dental Implants among Dental Interns in Central Vidarbha

Abstract

BACKGROUND Implant therapy is an elective dental procedure of dental rehabilitative treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness, and attitude of dental interns of Central Vidarbha toward dental implants. A dental implant is a surgical component that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor. MATERIAL AND METHODS The analysis protocol was approved by the institutional ethical committee of college. The study was administered out on dental interns studying in dental colleges of Central Vidarbha A cross-sectional based study was designed. A questionnaire was distributed among Intern of Dental Colleges in Central Vidarbha There were total 300 interns from all the dental colleges of central vidarbha but only 287 interns participated in study. There were about 57 male students and 230 female students. The questionnaire consisted of total 15 questions. The entire questionnaire was got validated. The Inclusion criterion was all the willing interns of all dental institutes in Central Vidarbha. The unwilling students were the exclusion criteria. The questionnaire was distributed in form of Google forms The study has been conducted between the periods of January 2021 to June 2021 RESULT 97.9% (281) interns were aware that Dental implant as an alternative treatment modality for missing teeth, 68.6% (197) of interns agreed that implants can have technical and biological complications, 49.8% (143) interns thought that long lasting is the main advantage of dental implants over fixed prosthesis, 45.3% (130) interns thought that case selection is most important factor for implant success. CONCLUSION It can be concluded that the knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding dental implant is moderately present among dental interns. As the implant therapy is becoming an emerging practice in dentistry nowadays because of its advantages, it is important to train the dental interns regarding it so that they can successfully treat the patient.They were anxious to find more about the dental implants. More writing and practice work ought to be added on the BDS educational plan and interns should be anchorage to assist the implant procedure. The dental institutes should also understand the problems faced by students regarding dental implants and should give importance to this topic during BDS curriculum. KEYWORDS Knowledge, awareness, attitude, dental implants, dental interns, central vidarbha