Preserving Natural Teeth VS Implant Replacement: A Scenario Based Survey
Keywords:
Preserving Natural Teeth; Dental implant; root canal treatment.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the preference of general dentists and dentists from various specialties
regarding preservation of natural teeth vs. replacing it with an implant.
METHODOLOGY: A survey in the form of an electronic scenario-based questionnaire was designed and
the link was distributed among dentists from different specialties in Saudi Arabia over the duration of
two months from the 28
th
July to 28
th
September, 2019. Following the demographic questions,
participants were provided results of diagnostic aids for five clinical cases representing varying
challenges, and participants were asked to either preserve the tooth or replace it with a dental implant.
RESULTS: Total 203 participants completed the survey, 25% preferred implants over preserving the
tooth in the first case, while 52% had the same preference in the second case, and 68% preferred
extraction in the third case. The choice of extraction for cases 4 and 5 was 17% and 6% respectively.
CONCLUSION: Many teeth are being extracted which could have been conserved. Ethically, the patient’s
benefit and interest should be considered first while presenting various treatment options.
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