Do you place implants? |
837 total votes |
|
| 26% |
| Yes |
|
| 74% |
| No |
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Do you remove wisdom teeth? |
696 total votes |
|
| 14% |
| Never |
|
| 60% |
| Sometimes |
|
| 26% |
| Yes - a great deal |
|
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Do you restore implants that are placed by your specialist? |
689 total votes |
|
| 84% |
| Yes |
|
| 16% |
| No |
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Who do you prefer to place your implants? |
682 total votes |
|
| 17% |
| Yourself |
|
| 42% |
| Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon |
|
| 37% |
| Periodontist |
|
| 3% |
| Other |
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What is the MOST common reason that a patient receives implants in your practice? |
666 total votes |
|
| 5% |
| Replace Congenitally Missing tooth |
|
| 11% |
| Replace Failed Root Canal |
|
| 20% |
| For Denture Retention |
|
| 1% |
| Result of Traumatic Injury |
|
| 64% |
| To Avoid Bridgework |
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What is the SECOND most common reason that a patient receives implants in your practice? |
656 total votes |
|
| 14% |
| Replace Congenitally Missing tooth |
|
| 31% |
| Replace Failed Root Canal |
|
| 23% |
| For Denture Retention |
|
| 6% |
| Result of Traumatic Injury |
|
| 25% |
| To Avoid Bridgework |
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Are you employing socket preservation techniques on extraction sites where future implants are planned? |
664 total votes |
|
| 21% |
| No |
|
| 38% |
| No - but I would like to learn more about it and do so in the very near future. |
|
| 8% |
| 1-25% of the time |
|
| 6% |
| 26-50% of the time |
|
| 8% |
| 51-75% of the time |
|
| 10% |
| 76-99% of the time |
|
| 9% |
| Always |
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Which factor would have the most impact in gaining greater patient acceptance of implant treatment in your practice? |
664 total votes |
|
| 20% |
| Teeth the same day as surgery |
|
| 77% |
| Lower total treatment cost |
|
| 3% |
| Sedation / Sleep Dentistry |
|
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If you DO NOT place implants, what is the main reason for this decision? |
455 total votes |
|
| 4% |
| Do not think implants are the best treatment for the patient |
|
| 17% |
| Do not like oral surgery |
|
| 37% |
| Do not want to go through the learning curve |
|
| 42% |
| I am too busy doing other dentistry |
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If you lost tooth number #19 and your adjacent teeth #18 & #20 were virgin, how would you replace #19? |
682 total votes |
|
| 84% |
| Implant |
|
| 11% |
| Bridge |
|
| 1% |
| Monodont |
|
| 3% |
| I would not replace it |
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