Figure 2. Three implants were embedded in an artificial mandible
Figure 1. Breakdown of respondents. The retrieval rate was approximately 40% in each of the three societies
Table 8 Survey of dentists who offer implant treatment (671 dentists). “Do you use the implant card?”
The number of respondents
The card developed by the Japanese Society of Oral Implantology
54 (8%)
The pocket notebook developed by the Japanese Academy of Maxillofacial Implants
11 (2%)
Implant card developed by manufacturers
133 (20%)
Unique...
Table 6 Methods to identify the presence of implants in patients receiving home-visit dental care
The number of respondents
Visual inspection
153 (53%)
Radiography
49 (17%)
Information provided by patients or their families
88 (30%)
Ask patients’ dentists
10 (3%)
Implant card
5 (2%)
Dental records of implant surgeries that I perform...
Table 5 Number, implants (whether placed by the visiting dentist), and oral self-care of patients receiving home-visit dental care seen by dentists who provided home-visit dental care over the past 12 months (291 dentists, 4,569 institutions)
Total number of patients
Patients with implants
Patients with implants placed by the visiting dentist
Total number of pat...
Table 3 Have you been consulted by your implant patients or their families about oral health management when the patients were admitted to the hospital or became bedridden?
The number of respondents
Yes, I have
150 (22%)
No, have not
513 (76%)
No answer
8 (1%)
Table 4 If you are informed by one of your implant patients that s/he cannot visit your clinic due to becoming bedridden, how do you address this?
The number of respondents
I’ll do nothing
34 (5%)
I’ll ask another dentist to provide the patient with home-visit dental care
217 (32%)
I’ll advice the patient to perform oral self-care only
111 (17%)...
Table 2 Among the patients who received implant treatment at your clinic, are there any patients who were admitted to the hospital or became bedridden at home?
The number of respondents
Yes, there is
204 (30%)
No, there isn’t
182 (27%)
I don’t know
278 (41%)
No answer
7 (1%)
Table 1 Survey questions
1. Do you offer implant treatment?
2. Do you give a “card/pocket notebook” to patients for whom implant treatment has been completed?
3. Among the patients who received implant treatment at your clinic, are there any patients who were admitted to the hospital or became bedridden at home?
4. Have you been consulted by your implant patient...
References
Statistic Bureau of Japan, Population Estimates (December 2016), http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm. Accessed 3 Mar 2018.
Outline of the Status of Insured Long-Term Care Service, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Preliminary version April 2016), http://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/kaigo/osirase/jigyo/m16/dl/1604a.pdf. Accessed 3 Mar 2018.
Survey of Denta...
Discussion
Questionnaire survey by post mail had been said to be low retrieval rate, but it was considered to be suitable for information response of many clinics and hospitals. In this research, a questionnaire survey was conducted for representative members or dental specialists of three academic societies who are likely to understand the significance of the research and are thought to be...
Results
Of the 924 dentists participating in the survey, 465 respondents (50%) offer implant treatment only and 85 respondents (9%) provide home-visit dental care only. Two hundred and six respondents (22%) provide both implant treatment and home-visit dental care (Fig. 2). The number of dentists who provide home-visit dental care was significantly lower among those who offer implant treatment (p...
Methods
The survey was conducted during 3 months from August to October 2015 by non-anonymous questionnaire (four pages on A4 paper) including questions developed by the authors of the present study (Table 1). The survey sheets were sent and collected by post mail.
The target population of the survey was 2339 representative members or dental specialists belonging to any of the following three or...
Review
Background
In September 2016, Japan’s graying population reached a level where 27.3% (34.61 million) of the total population was 65 years or older, as announced by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Of the older adults, over 6 million people or approximately 20% require long-term care. These elderly people have difficulty attending clinics, w...
A preliminary report on dental implant condition among dependent elderly based on the survey among Japanese dental practitioners
Abstract
Background
The objective of this study was to ascertain the situation relevant to implants, the status of oral self-care, the status of aftercare provided by the dentist who placed the implant, and the usage status of the implant card, in homebound or insti...