Awareness On Current Status of Orthodontic Implant Among Dental College Students

M.Ovia; Revathi Duraisamy; Dhanraj Ganapathy

Orthodontic implants have become a reliable method in orthodontic practice for providing temporary additional anchorage and are useful to control skeletal anchorage in less compliant patients or in other cases where absolute anchorage is necessary. The advantages are easy insertion, decreased patient discomfort, low price, immediate loading, reduced diameter, versatility in the forces to be used, ease of cleaning, and ease of removal. This study was done as a questionnaire survey which was done in April 2021 and answered by the UG students of the Saveetha Dental College. Students who were involved in the survey included third years, final years and CRRI (Interns). The survey involved completion of a predesigned questionnaire containing 2 sections with a total of ten questions. Set-1 questions were about the demographic details like their Name, gender and the year of study. Questionnaire was sent through an online forum Survey planet only to students practicing in clinics (Third years, Final years and CRRIs). From the results obtained it showed that 55% of them were third year students, 28% were 4th years and 17% were Interns. 62% of them were Females, 38% were Males. The year of study of students was in association with awareness of orthodontic implants, Orthodontic implants can contribute significantly to being more efficient than traditional anchorage methods besides making treatments more predictable.

Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 2022, p430

0976-9234

10.47750/pnr.2022.13.s07.058