Geriatric dentistry education and context in a selection of countries in 5 continents.

Purpose/aim: To summarize and discuss how geriatric dentistry has been addressed in dental schools of different countries regarding to (1) teaching students at the predoctoral level; (2) advanced training, and (3) research.

Method And Materials: A convenience sample of faculty members from a selection of high, upper-middle and lower-middle income countries were recruited to complete the survey. The survey had 5 open-ended main topics, and asked about (1) the size of their elderly population, (2) general information about dental education; (3) the number of dental schools teaching geriatric dentistry, and their teaching methods; (4) advanced training in geriatric dentistry; (5) scholarship/research in geriatric dentistry.

Implant restoration of partially edentulous ridges: a review of 121 Nigerian patients.

Objective: Because of increasing health awareness, many Nigerian patients are demanding that their lost tooth/teeth be replaced with dental implants. This study reports the pattern and distribution of implant replacement of lost tooth/teeth in a private dental practice in Lagos, Nigeria.

Methods: A retrospective review of implant replacement of lost tooth/teeth over a period of 6 years at Schubbs Private Dental Clinic, Lagos, was carried out.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental implantology in Nigeria.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental implantology among dentists practicing in Nigeria.

Materials: Self-administered questionnaires to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitude of dental implantology were sent to dentists practicing in all the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria (i.e.

Acceptability of maxillary major connectors in removable partial dentures.

Background: The choice of connector lies between plate, a bar or a combination of bars, which may cross the palate in various positions. Many opinions have been expressed concerning the acceptability to the patients of the various forms of palatal connectors but there have been few investigations.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare subjective patients' reactions to three maxillary major connectors: metal bar, metal plate, and acrylic connectors and to establish the most acceptable and the least acceptable maxillary major connectors.

Socio-demographic factors and edentulism: the Nigerian experience.

BACKGROUND: The rate of total edentulism is said to be increasing in developing countries and this had been attributed mainly to the high prevalence of periodontal diseases and caries. Several reports have shown that non-disease factors such as attitude, behavior, dental attendance, characteristics of health care systems and socio-demographic factors play important roles in the aetiopathogenesis of edentulism. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between socio-demographic factors and edentulism.