Awareness On Current Status of Basal Implants Among Dental Students

Abstract

Background: Basal implantology also known as bicortical implantology or just cortical implantology is a modern implantology system which utilizes the basal cortical portion of the jaw bones for retention of the dental implants, which are uniquely designed to be accommodated in the basal cortical bone areas Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of current status on basal implants among dental students. Materials and methods : A survey with the aid of specially designed questionnaires was made anonymously, in order to assess the awareness of basal implants among dental students.The responses were then collected and subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS Software (Version 23). Frequency distribution and percentage were calculated. Results : Results from this study reveals that 64% of them were postgraduates and 35% were undergraduates. 50% of postgraduates were aware about basal implants. Only 36% of the postgraduates knew that basal implants are a completely new method of dental rehabilitation that does not require bone replacement even in the worst cases.29% of postgraduates knew that installation of quick loading basal implants can cost less than traditional implantation due to the shortened volume of treatment stages. 36% of the postgraduates marked disk form is the common type of basal implants. Conclusion :The overall awareness of undergraduates and postgraduates regarding basal implants needs to be improved, given the tendency of dental students to engage in implant dentistry.The study should be done on a large scale to get baseline data pertaining to knowledge and awareness to the dental students.