Survey study finds Austrian population to be under-informed about dental implants and that the majority of people surveyed would accept implant therapy even though they found them to be too expensive

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Tepper G, Haas R, Mailath G, Teller C, Zechner W, Watzak G, et al. Representative marketing-oriented study on implants in the Austrian population. I. Level of information, sources of information and need for patient information. Clin Oral Impl Res 2003;14:621-33. Tepper G, Haas R, Mailath G, Teller C, Bernhart T, Monov G, et al. Representative marketing-oriented study on implants in the Austrian population. II. Implant acceptance, patient-perceived cost and patient satisfaction. Clin Oral Impl Res 2003;14:634-42. N/A Part I, to present the data on dental implant knowledge, sources of information, and need for patient information regarding dental implants in Austria Part II, to present the data on implant acceptance, patient-perceived cost, and patient satisfaction in Austria Industry: Nobel Biocare, Austria; Friadant-Schuetze, Austria; Degussa Dental, Austria GmbH; Straumann GmbH, Austria Representative survey by pre-stratified multi-tiered cluster sampling