title: Awareness and needs of dental implants by patients in New South Wales.
abstract: An exploratory cross-sectional analytical study of patients presenting for prosthodontic treatment to private general dental practices and public hospitals in New South Wales was completed. Significantly more patients attending private dentists had 'heard' of dental implants compared with the hospital group (G2=79.404; df=1; p<0.001) and significantly more of the former patients were aware that dental implant treatment is available in New South Wales (G2=32.823; df=1; p<0.001). Of the patients attending private practice 19.2% felt that it is likely that they may require dental implant treatment in the future and 14.1% of their current treatment requests involved implants. These figures may be considered moderately high whereas the corresponding figures for the patients attending public hospitals were low.
authors.affiliation: Albert Street Dental Clinic, The Angliss Hospital, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Best
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015921:Dental Implants; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017149:Private Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011636:Public Health Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants