title: Impact of a "TED-Style" presentation on potential patients' willingness to accept dental implant therapy: a one-group, pre-test post-test study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A survey was conducted to assess the impact of a TED-like educational session on participants' willingness to accept dental implant therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Volunteers interested in having information about dental implant therapies were recruited and asked to complete a two-part survey before and after an educational session. The initial survey elicited demographic information, self-perceived knowledge on dental implants and willingness to this kind of treatment. A "TED-style" presentation that provided information about dental implant treatments was conducted before asking the participants to complete a second set of questions assessing the impact of the session.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey was completed by 104 individuals, 78.8% were women and the mean age was 66.5±10.8. Before the educational session, 76.0% of the participants refused dental implants mainly due to lack of knowledge. After the educational session, the rejection of dental implants decreased by almost four folds to 20.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study proved that an educational intervention can significantly increase willingness to accept treatment with dental implants in a segment of the population who is interested in having information about dental implant therapy. Furthermore, educational interventions, such as TED-like talks, might be useful to increase popular awareness on dental implant therapy.
authors.affiliation: Private practice limited to Prosthodontics, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghanem
authors.affiliation: Division of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; Private practice limited to Prosthodontics, Riviera Maya, Mexico.
authors.forename: Kelvin Ian
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6053-8967
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Afrashtehfar
authors.affiliation: Division of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Private practice limited to Prosthodontics, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abi-Nader
authors.affiliation: Division of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Faleh
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4618-8374
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tamimi
keywords: Acceptance; Cost; Dental education; Dental implants; Fear; Refusal; Treatment
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