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Awareness and Attitude Towards Missing Tooth Replacement Among Partially Edentulous Outpatients - A Hospital Based Study
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LAKSHYA RANI.S, L.LEELAVATHI
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Edentulism is a debilitating and irreversible condition. Edentulism remains the major condition worldwide especially among adults. It is described as the final marker of the disease burden. Edentulism leads to resorption of the alveolar bone which in turn changes the soft tissue profile and facial appearance. Mastication is also affected by edentulism. Hence a study was done to evaluate the awareness of missing teeth replacement among partially edentulous patients reported to our institution. A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among the patients with partial edentulism. The sample size of 200 patients were selected. A close ended questionnaire was used to assess the patients awareness of missing tooth replacement. This institution based cross sectional study was done in December 2019. Sample size estimated from the cross reference was 200. 69.5% of the participants were aware about partial edentulous condition and 51% were aware of replacement of partially edentulous condition. However only 16% were aware of all the three types of prosthetic replacement. Majority of the study participants opted for a fixed type of replacement (81%). About 49.5% had difficulty in mastication followed by aesthetics and speech problems. Majority of the patients with higher education had awareness on replacement of missing teeth. The most common reason for replacing the missing teeth was found to be difficulty in mastication in females(27.5%). Financial constraint was the most common reason stated for not getting replaced the missing teeth about 36.5% . More than half of the study participants were not aware of all the treatment options available for replacing missing teeth
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Missing Teeth; Edentulous Patients; Edentulism
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.01.380
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