PATIENTS’ AWARENESS AND PREFERENCE FOR BONE GRAFTS USED IN ORAL SURGERY

Objective: To identify the patients‟ preferences for a specific type or source of bone graft for the usage of bone grafts in dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Study Design: Analytical cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department of Institute of Dentistry, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore Medical College, from May 2019 to Jun 2019. Methodology: One hundred and fifty-two patients were selected by consecutive sampling from the oral surgery OPD clinic. A self-administered survey was used to investigate their preferences regarding bone graft materials. Results generated using SPSS-23 and descriptive statistics were calculated. Results: The highest acceptance rate was for alloplastic grafts at 84 (55.3%) followed by autografts at 82 (53.9%). Bovine, allogenic and porcine grafts were not too well accepted at 45 (29.6%), 29 (19%) and 3 (2%) respectively. Conclusion: Patients‟ preferences regarding bone grafts depends on many different factors and to provide informed consent, these factors must be discussed with the patients.