Awareness, attitudes, need and demand on replacement of missing teeth among a group of partially dentate patients attending a University Dental Hospital

Table 5 Participants’ awareness of different types of prostheses used to replace missing teeth

Awareness on type of prostheses	Number	Percentage of population
Removable prostheses	331	77.9
Tooth supported bridges	107	25.2
Implant supported prostheses	140	32.9

About 78% of the participants were aware of removable prostheses as a mode of replacement of missing teeth. However, awareness of tooth supported fixed prostheses was less than implant-supported prostheses

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