Evaluation of awareness amongst maxillofacial defect patients about different prosthodontic treatment modalities

Aim: To evaluate awareness among maxillofacial defect patients about different. Prosthodontic treatment modalities. Materials and Methods: A self-administered structured questionnaire was used for the survey and a survey sheet was prepared based on these questionnaire and circulated personally. The feedback was gathered individually from each patient which would be then statistically analyzed to achieve the objectives of the study. Results: Based on the statistical analyses, it was found that majority of participants (61%) were not willing for taking the treatment and the reasons being economic problems, multiple visits, difficulty in wearing. Conclusion: Maxillofacial rehabilitation plays a very important where enhanced expectation about esthetics and need to restore function to best possible extent is required. Though the participants in the present study had the knowledge about the replacement of missing part, majority of them were not willing for replacement of defect.