A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED SURVEY AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON PERCEPTION OF SUPRAERUPTION OF MOLARS WITHOUT ANTAGONIST AND ATTITUDE TO PROSTHETIC INTERVENTION

Abstract

As supra eruption is more commonly seen in dentistry. May be due to edentulous space or malocclusion of teeth. This questionnaire study aimed to survey undergraduate students‟ perceptions of risks for the supraeruption of unerupted molars without any antagonists and attitudes to prosthetic intervention. A clinical situation with a 30-year-old male patient who just had lost the left mandibular molars was presented. A series of questions was provided regarding what would most probably occur with the unerupted mandibular molars within 10 years, what treatment to propose, and indications for the proposed treatment. The questionnaire was sent through what‟s app as a google form format. The majority assumed the molars would supra-erupt within 10 years. 33%. of respondents received prosthodontic care. By contrast, an alternative "wait-and-see" was selected by only 35 percent. The most commonly suggested treatment indications were the risk of TMD (32%), followed by impaired and supra eruption(18%).To date, most undergraduates seem to believe that molar supraeruption would occur after antagonist extraction and that prosthetic interventions are needed to prevent possible clinical problems.