Introduction

Awareness about dental implants is increasing among dental patients, which demands a higher level of competence for dental students. So, the objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and perception of undergraduate dental students about dental implants.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted after taking ethical clearance and approval from the Institutional Review Committee of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences and informed consent from each dental college of Nepal. The sample included all those students who were present at the time of survey. Data collection were carried out during the academic schedules of the colleges, supervised, and monitored by the investigators themselves. Collected data were coded, entered in Microsoft excel 2013 and descriptive analysis was carried out.

Results

A majority of the total (54.6%) and 59.2% of 5^th year respondents perceived to be moderately well-informed about dental implants. The main advantage of dental implants was thought to be longevity by 53.1% of total and 48.4% of 5^th year students; only 27.6% of the total and 42.2% of 5^th year students said the main advantage of dental implants is they are more conservative than other tooth-replacement modalities. Highest percentage of the total respondents (31.9%) said most important factor for implant success to be implant type and material, whereas 59.8% of 5^th year students said case selection. Those who felt dental implants require additional oral hygiene maintenance and care by the patient and dentist were 58.4% of total and 75.1% of 5^th year students. Over two-thirds (67.5%) of total thought that economic feasibility will limit use of dental implants in Nepal. The difficulty encountered to place implants was perceived to be average by 56.8% of total and 58.1% of 5^th year. There were differences in the perception and knowledge at different academic levels, but not as expected.

Conclusions

It could not be concluded that knowledge about dental implants increased with increase in academic level. Even at the late-clinical year a majority of students gave unsatisfactory responses.

中文翻译：

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牙科本科生对种植牙的认识与认知

介绍

牙科患者对种植牙的认识不断提高，这对牙科学生的能力提出了更高的要求。因此，本研究的目的是评估本科牙科学生对种植牙的知识和认知。

材料和方法

这项基于问卷调查的横断面调查是在获得 BP Koirala 健康科学研究所机构审查委员会的伦理许可和批准以及尼泊尔各牙科学院的知情同意后进行的。样本包括调查时在场的所有学生。数据收集是在大学的学术安排期间进行的，由调查人员自己监督和监督。对收集的数据进行编码，输入 Microsoft excel 2013 并进行描述性分析。

结果

大多数 (54.6%) 和 59.2% 的第 5^年受访者认为对种植牙有一定的了解。^{53.1% 的学生和 48.4% 的五年级}学生认为种植牙的主要优势是长寿；只有 27.6% 的学生和 42.2% 的五^年级学生表示种植牙的主要优势是比其他牙齿置换方式更保守。总受访者中比例最高的 (31.9%) 表示种植体成功的最重要因素是种植体类型和材料，而 59.8% 的受访者^表示一年级学生说案例选择。认为种植牙需要患者和牙医进行额外口腔卫生维护和护理的人占总数的 58.4%，占 5年级学生的^{75.1 %。}超过三分之二 (67.5%) 的人认为经济可行性将限制在尼泊尔使用牙种植体。植入种植体遇到的困难被认为是平均的 56.8% 和 58.1% 的第 5^年。不同学术水平的认知和知识存在差异，但并不像预期的那样。

结论

不能得出结论，关于种植牙的知识会随着学术水平的提高而增加。即使在临床后期，大多数学生的反应也不令人满意。