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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