Clinicians’ Attitude Toward Computer-Guided Implant Surgery Approach: Survey in Saudi Arabia

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Table 1 The Study Questionnaire

Clinician’s Attitude Towards Computer-Guided Implant Surgery Approach Questionnaire
1. What is your gender? Male Female
2. What is your specialty? General dentistry Oral surgery Periodontics Prosthodontics
3. How many implants have you placed? 10–100 100–200 More than 200
4. Have you ever placed an implant using a computer-guided surgical stent? Yes No
5. Are you interested in computer-guided implant surgery? Yes No
Regarding non computer-guided implant surgery and on an ascending scale of ten, choose a number (totally disagree 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 totally agree) that appropriately represent your agreement on the following statements. 6. With non-guided surgery, implant position outcome is highly accurate. 7. With non-guided surgery, chair-side time is short. 8. With non-guided surgery, flapless surgery is predictable 9. Non-guided surgery, adequately, keeps pace with technology. 10. With non-guided surgery, clinician’s intraoperative stress is low. 11. With non-guided surgery, clinician’s surgical skills is not critical. 12. With non-guided surgery, treatment cost is high. 13. With non-guided surgery, treatment planning time is lengthy.
Regarding computer-guided implant surgery and on an ascending scale of ten, choose a number (totally disagree 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 totally agree) that appropriately represent your agreement on the following statements. 14. With guided surgery, implant position outcome is highly accurate. 15. With guided surgery, chair-side time is short. 16. With guided surgery, flapless surgery is predictable 17. Guided surgery, adequately, keeps pace with technology. 18. With guided surgery, clinician’s intraoperative stress is low. 19. With guided surgery, clinician’s surgical skills is not critical. 20. With guided surgery, treatment cost is high. 21. With guided surgery, treatment planning time is lengthy. 22. For guided surgery, training courses are inaccessible. 23. For guided surgery, planning software is inaccessible. 24. For guided surgery, learning curve is steep. 25. For guided surgery, communication with production centers is inconvenient. 26. Guided surgery is indicated in single anterior edentulous gap situations. 27. Guided surgery is indicated in single posterior edentulous gap situations. 28. Guided surgery is indicated in extended anterior edentulous gap situations. 29. Guided surgery is indicated in extended posterior edentulous gap situations. 30. Guided surgery is indicated in completely edentulous situations.

Table 2 Number and Percentage of Participants According to Gender, Specialty, Experience Level with Implant Placement in Terms of Quantity, Experience with the Use of Computer-Guided Implant Surgery (CGIS), and Interest in Using CGIS

Baseline Characteristics of Participants	Number of Participants (n=56)	Percentage of Participants
Gender
Male	37	66
Female	19	34
Specialty
General dentists	4	7
Oral surgeons	7	12
Periodontists	20	36
Prosthodontists	25	45
Experience level (Number of placed implants)
10–100 implant	14	25
100–200 implant	14	25
>200 implant	28	50
Use of CGIS
Yes	26	46
No	30	54
Interest in CGIS
Yes	53	95
No	3	5

Figure 1 Median and interquartile range of the attitude of clinicians toward the advantages and disadvantages of computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) versus the conventional non-CGIS approach on a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree). *Statistically significant difference at P < 0.05.

Figure 2 Median and interquartile range of the attitude of clinicians toward disadvantages specific to computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) on a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree).

Figure 3 Median and interquartile range of the attitude of clinicians from different specialties towards the predictability of flapless implant surgery with computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) on a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree). *Statistically significant difference at P < 0.05.

Figure 4 Median and interquartile range of the attitude of clinicians with different levels of experience toward the advantages and disadvantages of computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) on a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree).

Figure 5 Median and interquartile range of the attitude of computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) users and non-users toward the advantages and disadvantages of computer-guided implant surgery (CGIS) on a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree).