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| Paper Title: | A Questionnaire Survey To Assess The Attitude Of Patients About Replacement Of Teeth |
| Authors Name: | Harrita S , Dr. Revathi Duraiswamy |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2104004 |
| Published In: | Volume 6 Issue 4, April-2021 |
| Abstract: | AIM: To evaluate the attitude of the patient towards replacement of teeth. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross sectional pilot survey was conducted among 100 out-patients who visited saveetha dental college,Chennai. Both male and female patients were included in the survey. (Male=57 and female=43). Both the patient’s with partial and complete edentulous mouth were included in the survey. For better understanding the questionnaire was translated and presented to them in the native language (Tamil). The questionnaire included basic demographics questions and also questions to evaluate the attitude of the patient. The teeth which was missing eg: Anterior or posterior were also asked to evaluate the need of replacement. RESULT: Among the 100 patients 57 were male and 43 were female. About 76% of the patients belonged to the age group of 30-50 years, 21% belonged to 50-70 years and 3% belonged to 20-30 years. Around 37% of the patients had no educational qualification and 63% had some kind of an educational qualification. Around 71% of the patient belonged to low socioeconomic status and 19% belonged to medium and 10% belonged to high socioeconomic status. Around 79% of the patients in this study were partially edentulous and remaining 21% were completely edentulous. Only 32% of the patients were willing to spend for the treatment and only 24% of the patients have reported for the treatment within 3 months of loosing their teeth. CONCLUSION : From this study it can be concluded that most of the patients have a positive attitude towards the replacement of missing teeth but lack knowledge about the function of teeth other than mastication such as phonetics and aesthetics. Patients also lacked knowledge about Implants which is the upcoming treatment of option for replacement of missing teeth. |
| Keywords: | Denture,replacement,missing teeth |
| Cite Article: | "A Questionnaire Survey To Assess The Attitude Of Patients About Replacement Of Teeth", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.17 - 20, April-2021, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2104004.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2104004 Registration ID:193085 Published In: Volume 6 Issue 4, April-2021 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 17 - 20 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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