Patients' knowledge and awareness of dental implants in a Turkish subpopulation
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Auteurs : Ceyda Özçak R Tomruk ; Zeynep Özkurt-Kayahan ; Kemal EnçiftSource :
- The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics [ 2005-7806 ] ; 2014.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients' knowledge on dental implants in a Turkish subpopulation.
Five hundred twenty seven Turkish adults referred to Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey, were presented with a questionnaire including 20 questions regarding the level of information and awareness about the dental implants. The data were collected and statistical analyses were performed with Chi square test to compare the descriptive data.
Among 527 subjects, 54% were female and 46% were male with a mean age of 42.2 years. The rate of patients' implant awareness was 27.7%. When the patients were questioned about the treatment options for rehabilitation of tooth missing, 60.9% of patients were informed about fixed partial denture, followed by conventional complete denture (32.5%) and removable partial denture (24.9%). Six percent reported that they were very well informed about the dental implants whereas 48.2% were poorly informed. The information sources of the implants were from the dentist (44.5%), printed media (31.6%) and friends and acquaintances (17.3%), respectively. Sixteen percent of the population believed that their implants would last forever.
The dentists should give more detailed information to the patients about dental implants and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures in the future.
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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Adv Prosthodont</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J Adv Prosthodont</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JAP</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2005-7806</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2005-7814</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The Korean Academy of Prosthodontics</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">24843399</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4024558</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4047/jap.2014.6.2.133</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Patients' knowledge and awareness of dental implants in a Turkish subpopulation</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Özçakır Tomruk</surname><given-names>Ceyda</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Özkurt-Kayahan</surname><given-names>Zeynep</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Şençift</surname><given-names>Kemal</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="A1"><label>1</label>Department of Oral Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Yeditepe, Istanbul, Turkey.</aff><aff id="A2"><label>2</label>Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Yeditepe, Istanbul, Turkey.</aff><author-notes><corresp>Corresponding author: Zeynep Özkurt-Kayahan. Yeditepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Bağdat cad. No:238 Goztepe, 34728, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel. 00902163636044-6412: <email>zeynepozkurt@hotmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>4</month><year>2014</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>22</day><month>4</month><year>2014</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>133</fpage><lpage>137</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>30</day><month>5</month><year>2013</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>16</day><month>7</month><year>2013</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>17</day><month>1</month><year>2014</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2014 The Korean Academy of Prosthodontics</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/"><license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/</ext-link>) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><sec><title>PURPOSE</title><p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients' knowledge on dental implants in a Turkish subpopulation.</p></sec><sec><title>MATERIALS AND METHODS</title><p>Five hundred twenty seven Turkish adults referred to Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey, were presented with a questionnaire including 20 questions regarding the level of information and awareness about the dental implants. The data were collected and statistical analyses were performed with Chi square test to compare the descriptive data.</p></sec><sec><title>RESULTS</title><p>Among 527 subjects, 54% were female and 46% were male with a mean age of 42.2 years. The rate of patients' implant awareness was 27.7%. When the patients were questioned about the treatment options for rehabilitation of tooth missing, 60.9% of patients were informed about fixed partial denture, followed by conventional complete denture (32.5%) and removable partial denture (24.9%). Six percent reported that they were very well informed about the dental implants whereas 48.2% were poorly informed. The information sources of the implants were from the dentist (44.5%), printed media (31.6%) and friends and acquaintances (17.3%), respectively. Sixteen percent of the population believed that their implants would last forever.</p></sec><sec><title>CONCLUSION</title><p>The dentists should give more detailed information to the patients about dental implants and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures in the future.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Dental implants</kwd><kwd>Public awareness</kwd><kwd>Information sources</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec sec-type="intro"><title>INTRODUCTION</title><p>Replacement of missing teeth using implant-supported prostheses for esthetic and functional rehabilitation has become an accepted and widely used treatment approach in dentistry.<xref rid="B1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>,<xref rid="B2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>,<xref rid="B3" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>,<xref rid="B4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>,<xref rid="B5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref> The perspectives of the public about dental implants are less known. Several studies have been conducted to show the patients' awareness about oral implants in different countries.<xref rid="B6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>,<xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>,<xref rid="B8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>,<xref rid="B9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>,<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>,<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>,<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>,<xref rid="B13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> A survey by Zimmer et al.<xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref> demonstrated a high awareness rate as well as general positive attitude toward oral implant therapy. A study by Salonen<xref rid="B9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref> from Finland has shown that the level of awareness of implant treatment among selected groups was 29%, and Best<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref> from Australia has shown that the awareness rate was 64%. Other surveys from Saudi Arabia and Austria reported that the patients' awareness rates were 64.4% and 79% respectively.<xref rid="B1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>,<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref></p><p>With the improvement in dental technology, there are variety options to treat patients with different indications. Due to this improvement, patient demands also increase, however most are often inappropriate. With patients' increasing demand for implant supported superstructures, dentists dealing with implantology are faced with patients' high expectations concerning optimal esthetic and function. Moreover, media reports such as 'implant forever' or 'implants last lifelong' cause higher, unrealistic patients' expectations.</p><p>To the best of authors' knowledge there are no existing dental literature regarding the patients' awareness, expectations and level of knowledge about dental implants in Turkey. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dental patients' awareness, expectations and level of knowledge of dental implants as a treatment option for replacement of missing teeth among a selected sample of dental patients in Istanbul, Turkey.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods"><title>MATERIALS AND METHODS</title><p>The ethics committee of the Yeditepe University approved the study protocol (protocol number BASH.P.06-F.05, 107). A standardized questionnaire with 20 questions was developed to assess the dental patients' awareness, expectations and level of knowledge of dental implants. Questionnaire also includes demographic data such as age, sex, monthly income and education level. The questionnaire was adapted from a previous study conducted by Pommer et al.<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> A consent was taken from the authors with the e-mail for using their questionnaire in this study. A pilot test was conducted to examine the efficiency of the questionnaire on 20 patients. The survey was conducted between February 1 and April 11, 2011 on the patients at the student clinic of Yeditepe University, Faculty of Dentistry. The questionnaires were handed to the patients and their relatives during their regular dental visits by students. Patients who have refused to answer the questions were excluded from the study. The definition of dental implants as 'an artificial tooth that is anchored in jaw bone to replace a missing tooth' was given to patients who had not heard of dental implants as a treatment option. The data were analyzed by using Number Cruncher Statistical System (NCSS) 2007 (LLC, UT, USA) and Power Analyses and Sample Size Statistical Software (PASS) 2008 (LLC, UT, USA). Chi square test was performed to compare the descriptive data such as frequencies and qualitative data. <italic>P</italic> values smaller than .05 were considered significant.</p></sec><sec sec-type="results"><title>RESULTS</title><p>Five hundred twenty seven patients were questioned during the study period. <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref> summarizes the demographic data of the interviewed people. Among 527 subjects, 54% were female and 46% were male with the mean age of 42.2 years. Three groups were generated according to monthly average family income: monthly income below 400 Euros, up to 600 Euros and more than 600 Euros.</p><p>Out of 31.3% of the interviewed people had prosthesis and only 6.3% had implant therapy. When asked whether they would be satisfied with removable partial dentures, 13.7% answered 'yes' and 75.5% answered 'no' (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>). Satisfaction with a removable partial denture was higher in the low income categories and in the low level of education (<italic>P</italic><.05). There was no statistical difference between males and females regarding acceptance of removable partial dentures (<italic>P</italic>>.05). The patients' implant awareness rate was 43.5% whereas 34.9% was aware about removable partial dentures, 48.4% was aware about conventional complete dentures and 34.9% was aware about fixed partial dentures (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>).</p><p>To assess the information level of dental implants, 5.7% reported that they were very well informed subjectively about dental implants whereas 48.2% were poorly informed (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>).</p><p>Regarding the advantages of the non-removable vs. removable denture, 45.2% reported 'less annoying in the mouth', 33.6% defined 'more esthetic', 48.6% reported 'feel like natural teeth' and 32.6% 'did not feel like foreign bodies'. When the disadvantages of the non-removable vs. removable dentures were compared, 60.3% of the study sample stated that high costs were the major complaint, followed by the need for surgery (34.7%) and and prolonged treatment time (32.1%) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T4">Table 4</xref>).</p><p>To assess the level of general information of dental implants, the interviewees were asked how long they expect the implant would last. 33% of the interviewees cited 'life-long', 6.8% reported 'up to 5 years', 26.8% reported 'up to 10 years' and 17.8% reported 'up to 20 years'. There was a significant correlation between education level and lifespan of an implant (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T5">Table 5</xref>).</p><p>When the patients were asked where the implants were anchored, 52.6% said 'the jaw bone', 6.3% reported 'the gums', 4.6% thought 'the adjacent teeth' and 36.6% did not know. As the education level increases, the answer 'jaw bone' increases. Fifty percent of the patients blamed the dentist in case of implant loss, while only 16.5% blamed the patient (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T5">Table 5</xref>).</p><p>The information sources of the implants were from the dentist (37%), printed media (10.8%) and friends and acquaintances (25.4%), respectively (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T6">Table 6</xref>).</p><p>68.3% of the interviewees wished to get more information about dental implants and of those 76.9% wished it to get from the dentist, 4.6% from friends and acquaintances, and 1.6% from printed media (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T7">Table 7</xref>). The interviewees with higher educational level preferred the friends as information source with a significant difference compared to lower educational level (<italic>P</italic><.05), while there was no significant difference between males and females and between income level (<italic>P</italic>>.05).</p><p>Women considered that implants need more special care than natural teeth, whereas men thought implants need less care than natural teeth (<italic>P</italic><.05). The higher the education level, the higher it was to be aware of the necessity of the implant care. There was no significant difference between income levels (<italic>P</italic><.05).</p><p>More than half of the interviewees did not answer whether their regular dentists treating patients with implants, state-of the-art techniques. Almost half of the patients wished their dentist to practice implant dentistry whereas 40% would not.</p></sec><sec sec-type="discussion"><title>DISCUSSION</title><p>This is the first survey study regarding the patients' awareness, expectations and level of knowledge about dental implants in Istanbul, Turkey. This group was selected because of easy access and to increase the response rate as they are regular dental patients at the student clinic.</p><p>Implant treatment is an increasingly popular treatment option with a high success rate. Recently, it is becoming the focus of the patients' interest, especially with the help of media health programs. In the present study, among the different options to rehabilitate tooth missing, 43.5% knew about dental implants as a treatment option. Significant differences were observed between high income and low income level group, and between high education and low education level. This would suggest that low income earners and low education level group should be informed about dental implants in the future to gain them awareness. The results of the present study were significantly different from the results reported by Zimmer et al.<xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>, Berge<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref> and Tepper et al.<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref> which reported high level of awareness as 77%, 70.1% and 72%, respectively. The differences between these countries (America, Norway and Austria) and Turkey may be due to sample differences, because the present study mainly includes low socio-economic population (patients attend to student clinic who take the health care with lower cost). In addition, oral implant technology has been recently developed in Turkey however in other countries this technology started earlier.</p><p>Significantly less interviewee would be satisfied with a removable denture (75.5% vs. 13.7%). Compared with the results of Pommers' study,<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> acceptance of removable dentures was statistically lower in the present study group, and there was no significant difference between males and females regarding acceptance of removable dentures. Fifty five percent of those questioned reported that non-removable dentures were less disturbing in the mouth, 33% defined more esthetic, 48.6% feel like natural teeth and 32.6% did not feel like foreign bodies. American patients tought that implant retained restorations were more esthetic than removable partial dentures. Similarly, Turkish patients considered that implant-supported fixed partial dentures were like natural teeth. High costs (60.3%), need for surgery (34.7%) and long treatment period (32.1%) were the main disadvantages of the implant treatment according to patients. These results were consistent with the other American and Japanese studies which reported the similar results.<xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>,<xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref> In a Belgian study, the prolonged healing period between implant insertion and restorative procedures was the major concern for not choosing implant therapy.<xref rid="B15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref></p><p>In the present survey, expectations of Turkish patients were high for an implant retained restorations in terms of permanence and functionality. Thirty three percent of the interviewees believed that their implants would last for a lifetime. Turkish patients' expectations were higher than Japanese (28%), German (7%) and Austrian population (24%).<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>,<xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>,<xref rid="B16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref> Influence of the media such as TV programs may increase the demands and expectations in the near future. Therefore, patients should be informed properly about the implant therapy. Unrealistic estimates and expected implant survival time should be cleared up properly before the treatment to prevent misunderstandings and misinformation.</p><p>Dentists were found to be the major information source (37%) followed by friends and printed media. The present distribution of information sources resembles those reported by Pommer et al.<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> However, Berge<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref> reported news media, and Al-Johany<xref rid="B17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref> reported friends and their relatives as the main source of information. About 68% of the interviewed population wished to have more information about dental implants and the 77% of them preferred to get this information from their dentist in this study. Therefore, dental education must include adequate implantology courses to provide sufficient and realistic implant information. Postgraduate education or further implant courses should be also taken to give proper implant therapy.</p><p>Economic parameters are also decisive factors in the preference of a particular type of treatment. Of those questioned, 60% told that high costs are the main reason not to choose implant therapy. Similarly, in the other studies the strongest argument against implant therapy was the high costs.<xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>,<xref rid="B11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>,<xref rid="B13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>,<xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref> It is important to underline the patients that quality of life outweighs high cost of implants. The advantages and disadvantages of different types of treatment modalities should be properly explained so they can make an informed decision.</p><p>As dental implant-retained restorations become more popular, the prevalence of implant complications will also increase. The maintenance of healthy tissue around the dental implants is one of the key factors to obtain long term success. Dental hygiene and care including soft tooth brushes, interproximal brushes, specially designed cleaning instruments made in hard plastics and mouth rinses help to prevent peri-implant disease. Pommer et al.<xref rid="B12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> reported that 39% of the population thought that implants require more care and half of them would clean their implants similar to natural teeth. In the current study, almost half of the patients, especially women, considered that implants need more care than natural teeth. Almost 34% of them would clean their teeth similar to natural dentition. These findings were in consistent with the results of Al-Johany.<xref rid="B17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref> Dentists should explain their patients the importance of dental hygiene and care before implant therapy, educate and motivate them to provide sufficient dental care for the maintenance of implants.</p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions"><title>CONCLUSION</title><p>The present study showed that a subpopulation in Istanbul have limited awareness about dental implants. Many patients do not have the education or background knowledge to make an informed decision between implant supported dentures and removable dentures. Future and current dentists should be sufficiently educated about implantology, at least to provide proper implant information. Regardless of whether dentists are dealing with implants or not, it is crucial to know whether today's patients are aware of dental implants as a treatment option and whether the information that they have is realistic. Awareness amongst patients regarding the dental implants can help in eliminating any negative image of the procedure that may have been caused due to lack of adequate information. 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