Title

Awareness and attitudes towards dental implants among dental patients in India: A questionnaire-based survey

Authors

Monal Karkar¹, Rik Chatterjee², Shashidevi Haranal³, Jasleen Kaur⁴, Nitesh Naresh^5,*, Nimish Nimeya⁶ & Ritik Kashwani⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rural Dental College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Maharashtra, India; ²Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ITS Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Dentistry, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India; ⁵Department of Dentistry, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India; ⁶Department of Periodontology, PDM University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India; ⁷Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Monal Karkar - E-mail: monalk81290@gmail.com
Rik Chatterjee - E-mail: rikbijaychatterjee@gmail.com
Shashidevi Haranal - E-mail: drshashirh@gmail.com
Jasleen Kaur - E-mail: kaurjas2208@gmail.com
Nitesh Naresh - E-mail: nitesh.naresh@gmail.com
Nimish Nimeya - E-mail: nimishnimeya@gmail.com
Ritik Kashwani - E-mail: docritikkashwani@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Dental patients' awareness and impressions on dental implants is of interest using a standard questionnaire. Out of the three hundred individuals, 48% correctly identified dental implants as a fixed prosthesis replacing a tooth root and 72% had heard of them. Despite obstacles, including significant cost, anxiety and ignorance, still exist, most respondents had positive impressions; 66% of them highly rated dental implants. Strongly correlated were higher degrees of education and growing acceptance of dental implants, as well as awareness. These results highlight the need for improved patient education and focused communication techniques to raise acceptability and informed decision-making about dental implant treatments.

Keywords

Awareness, attitudes, dental implants, patient education, questionnaire

Citation

Karkar et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1351-1356 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.