Knowledge,Attitude and Practice of Various Impression Techniques available for Flabby Ridge in Edentulous Patients among Dental Interns

Background: Prosthesis choices on impression techniques for patients associated with flabby ridges may be varies from one another. .The intern’s feedback is evaluated to investigate influence for the choice of impression techniques for flabby ridges .This review article presents various techniques that can be used for making impression in flabby ridge areas especially for edentulous patients. Aim :To assess knowledge , attitude and practice of various impression techniques available for flabby ridges in edentulous patients among interns. Material and methods : A self administered questionnaire consists of 14 questions with ‘yes’ and ‘no’ pattern was prepared to obtain information about knowledge, attitude and practice towards various impression techniques for flabby ridges among edentulous patients. A total of 50 intern students major in BDS, ageing from ranged of 23-25 years were chosen as the participants. The responses from all students are collected within 15 days. The questionnaires were distributed manually to them. After collecting data, statistical analysis was done. Result: In this current study, a total of 50 interns were included in this study ( 30% female, 20% male),ageing from ranged of 23 to 25 years . Concerning for the confidency in diagnosing case related to flabby ridges patients , 56% of interns were confident enough in diagnosing the case whereas 44% of interns still not confident about it . Conclusion: To conclude, most of them prefer conventional prosthesis to counteract many problems by the flabby ridges in comparison to surgical procedure or fixed or removable implant retained prosthesis.