EXPLORE AND COMPARE THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND ACCEPTANCE OF DENTAL IMPLANT AS A TREATMENT OPTION AMONG SUB-POPULATION OF SAUDI ARABIA

Abstract

Objective: Implant therapy has gained wide popularity in the recent years. Acomplete information on implant therapy should be provided to patient by the dentist.The aim of present study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, source of informationand acceptance of dental implants among the general population in the Southernregion of Saudi Arabia.Materials and Methods: A total of 712 patients were randomly selected from theOPD of dental hospitals across the southern region of Saudi Arabia. The designedquestionnaire comprised of 15 open-ended questions. Only Saudi national populationwas selected for the survey. The questionnaire was divided into demographic data,knowledge, attitude and participant’s acceptance towards implant therapy. Thecollected data were statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for SocialSciences.Results: Out of 712 participants, 675 complete the survey. 59.1% were male and41.9% were females with an average age of 39.6 years old. All variables except forage showed statistically significant difference in the knowledge about implant amongthe study groups (p