Knowledge of prosthetic replacement and effect of edentulousness among people of Taksindu, Nepal.

Dilesh Pradhan; Bhagabat Bhattarai; Amrita Shrestha; Lajana Shrestha; Megha Pradhan; Viral V. Mehta

Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017

Knowledge of prosthetic replacement and effect of edentulousness among people of Taksindu, Nepal.

Dilesh Pradhan, Bhagabat Bhattarai, Amrita Shrestha, Lajana Shrestha, Megha Pradhan, Viral V. Mehta

Abstract :

Edentulism remains major form of disease worldwide which can lead to functional limitation and also physical, psychological, and social disability. Knowledge of treatment options for missing teeth may play a valuable role in the acceptance of the prosthesis. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness of dental prosthesis, the effect of edentulousness in their daily life and availability of the treatment options at Taksindu, Solukhumbu, Nepal. This cross–sectional study included 159 subjects with male being 84 and female 75. After explaining the nature of the study, written informed consent were taken from the participants and the structured questionnaire was filled up by the examining doctor himself/herself. The data obtained was entered and analyzed by using the software IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 and descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Majority of study population (69.8%), irrespective of gender, were equally aware of the different forms of oral prosthetic rehabilitation. Difficulty in mastication (50.9%) was found to be main problem faced by the subjects, followed by esthetics and phonetics. Caries was found to be the major cause or tooth loss. Cost and unavailability of proper oral health care center were the main factors restraining them from getting treatment.