Sonal Tripathi, Naveen S Yadav, Harsh Mahajan, Sumit Khare, Puja Hazari, Nimmy Anto

ABSTRACT

Aim: The objective of this survey was to assess the knowledge on implant failures among the Implantologist of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Methods and Material: Questionnaire was validated amongst 10 people; Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.805, so the standard of questionnaire was made according to the dental health professionals. Data analysis, description, and presentation were performed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software, version 23.0 (SPSS, Chicago, Illinois). Frequencies were calculated regarding demographic profile and knowledge of dental health professionals and chi-square test was used to calculate the significant difference between various groups. p- Value < 0.05 was considered significant. Result: The questionnaire was completed by total no. of 115 participants. The data obtained was analyzed using SPSS, Chicago, Illinois software; showed that 94.6% participants preferred Implant placement as the treatment modality in their clinical practice. Majority of the participants believed that most of the factors are responsible for the implant failures. But only the MDS participants based on their knowledge understand that factors such as type of prosthesis, loading protocols and cementation or screw retained prosthesis make a significant difference. Also the use of Antibiotics is still controversial and more research is required in this field. Conclusions: From the survey it can be concluded that implantologists had widespread knowledge on the factors responsible for the implant failures.