Attitude in Radiographic Post-Operative Assessment of Dental Implants among Italian Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Survey

There is a lack of evidence in the attitude and prescribing practice of implantologists in dental implant post-operative assessment; therefore, the aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate these habits and the knowledge about radiographic aspect of retrograde peri-implantitis (RPI) amo...

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Published in:Antibiotics (Basel) 2020-05, Vol.9 (5), p.234
Main Authors: Di Murro, Bianca, Papi, Piero, Passarelli, Pier Carmine, D'Addona, Antonio, Pompa, Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
attitude
Attitudes
Cross-sectional studies
Dental implants
Dental prosthetics
Dentistry
Dentists
Implant dentures
Patient outcomes
periapical X-rays
Placement
Prostheses
radiographic imaging
Radiographs
Representations
retrograde-peri-implantitis
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Surgery
Surgical implants
survey
X-rays
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Summary:There is a lack of evidence in the attitude and prescribing practice of implantologists in dental implant post-operative assessment; therefore, the aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate these habits and the knowledge about radiographic aspect of retrograde peri-implantitis (RPI) among Italian implantologists. A questionnaire was sent via email to dentists randomly selected from the register of implantology and oral surgery societies. It included three questions: the preferred X-ray after implant placement, the timing of post-operative assessment and the knowledge of the RPI radiographic representation. A final sample of 434 implantologists was included in the study. The majority of them (84.3%) perform a periapical X-ray as control radiograph and picked the correct radiographic representation of RPI (74.3%), without statistically significant differences ( > 0.05) for sex, age, years of working practice and number of implants placed per year. Just 47.7% of dentists perform a control radiograph at prostheses delivery, to establish a proper baseline. A statistically significant difference ( < 0.05) was detectable only for the number of implants placed per year, with dentists placing > 80 implants selecting the correct choice. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study to report data on attitude of implantologists in radiographic imaging after implant placement.
ISSN:2079-6382
2079-6382
DOI:10.3390/antibiotics9050234