Research Article
Assessing Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Patients regarding the Use of Dental Implants: A Survey-Based Research
Table 2
Patient questionnaire to evaluate knowledge and expectations regarding implants.
| | | Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Total, n (%) | Significance |
| | What do you anticipate as oral hygiene for the care of implants compared with natural teeth? | | Similar | 13 (13) | 15 (15) | 28 (14) | X2 = 22.076
| | More | 20 (20) | 49 (49) | 69 (34.5) | | Less | 19 (19) | 8 (8) | 27 (13.5) | | No idea | 48 (48) | 28 (28) | 76 (38) |
| | What do you estimate as the functional life of implants (years)? | | <10 | 14 (14) | 16 (16) | 30 (15) | X2 = 22.797
| | 10–20 | 39 (39) | 18 (18) | 57 (28.5) | | 21–25 | 18 (18) | 13 (13) | 31 (15.5) | | >25 | 3 (3) | 21 (21) | 24 (12) | | No idea | 26 (26) | 32 (32) | 58 (29) |
| | How important for you is the functional outcome of implant supported prosthesis? | | Not very important | 9 (9) | 1 (1) | 10 (5) | X2 = 14.548
| | Important | 52 (52) | 38 (38) | 90 (45) | | Very important | 29 (29) | 39 (39) | 68 (34) | | No idea | 10 (10) | 22 (22) | 32 (16) |
| | Have you ever heard about experiences with implants from your friends? | | Yes | 67 (67) | 73 (73) | 140 (70) | X2 = 0.857
| | No | 33 (33) | 27 (27) | 60 (30) |
| | If yes, how successful was the implant? | | Successful | 69 (93.2) | 54 (72) | 123 (82.6) | X2 = 11.990
| | Partially successful | 5 (6.8) | 19 (25.3) | 24 (16.1) | | Not successful | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) | 2 (1.3) |
| | Have you ever heard about effects of dental implants on systemic health? | | Yes | 43 (43) | 54 (54) | 97 (48.5) | X2 = 4.819
| | No | 41 (41) | 39 (39) | 80 (40) | | No idea | 16 (16) | 7 (7) | 23 (11.5) |
| | How are the effects of implant treatments in comparison with common prosthesis treatments? | | Not very important | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 4 (2) | X2 = 4.381
| | Important | 32 (32) | 41 (41) | 73 (36.5) | | Very important | 42 (42) | 28 (28) | 70 (35) | | No idea | 24 (24) | 29 (29) | 53 (26.5) |
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