A perception among general dental practitioners and postgraduates of Central India toward the use of “magnifying loupes” in clinical practice – A questionnaire-based survey

Introduction: Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs) accounts for common Orofacial Pain (OFP) arising from musculoskeletal origins, affecting almost 80% of the overall population. The multifactorial nature of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose and treat and is challenging to a considerable number of General Dental Practitioners (GDPs). They’re increasingly approached by patients for advice on TMD, but little is understood about how this disorder is addressed with in primary health care. Aim: To assess the awareness and knowledge regarding management of TMDs among GDPs in Central India. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at Central India, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India from 20th June 2020 to 12th December 2020, including 200 general dental practitioners, who were registered under the Dental Council of India. A questionnaire consisting of 17 questions with reference to TMDs was designed and the questionnaire was circulated through a web designed program. The responses were collected, and data were analysed descriptively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) statistics for windows version 24.0. Results: The mean age of the participants in the study was 24.80±1.63 years. Predominantly, participants were 164 females (82%). Among all the participants, about 181 (90.50%) of GDP’s were practicing Dentistry. The study findings suggest that the overall general practicing dentists encounter TMD cases and 162 (81%) of GDP’s treat patient at their clinic. A 76% of GDPs acknowledged the causative factor for TMD to be multifactorial and physical examination (88.50%) as the diagnostic tool. Most of the general practitioners around 126 (63%) preferred referring the patient to the specialist, maxillofacial surgeon. Among the practitioners who were confident in treating TMD, occlusal splint was the treatment of choice for 198 (96%) of the GDPs. Conclusion: Many GDPs lack standard protocol knowledge, felt insecure in TMD diagnosis, therapy decisions and treatment. There is a requirement for better quality evidence on which TMD diagnosis and treatment, including the event of a valid, reproducible patient-centered outcome measure to enable dental practitioners to feel confident in managing TMD. It is essential to train GDPs to identify individuals with TMDs through professional courses and training. It would be highly beneficial to educate the undergraduates regarding the diagnosis of TMDs in their curriculum.

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Fissure sealants: Knowledge and practice of Yemeni dental practitioners

European Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.4103/1305-7456.178300 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (02) ◽

pp. 234-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri ◽

Aisha Ahmed Al-Jamaei ◽

Esam Saleh Halboub ◽

Walid Ahmed Al-Soneidar ◽

Bassel Tarakji ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Fissure Sealants ◽

Chi Square ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Dental Sealant ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Dental Professional ◽

Education Courses

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate Yemeni dental practitioners’ knowledge and practices concerning fissure sealants. Materials and Methods: A modified questionnaire consisted of 25-items was distributed to 500 dentists working in Sana'a City. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square/Fisher's exact tests were used for statistical analyses. Results: The response rate was 74%. Most of the respondents were male (61.3%), general practitioners (84.2%), and had <5 years of clinical experience (48.3%). The respondents showed a reasonable level of knowledge about sealants, with the majority (88%) believed that there is strong scientific evidence about fissure sealants effectiveness and around 90% showed a good understanding of sealant placement instructions. On the other hand, respondents showed insufficient knowledge about sealants clinical practice. Conclusion: Although a high proportion of dental practitioners showed adequate knowledge about dental sealant, following guidelines and standardized procedures in clinical practice is lacking. These emphasize the need for regular continuing education courses for dental professional.

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Integration of medical device design training in clinical teaching - A case study

The Asia Pacific Scholar ◽

10.29060/taps.2021-6-2/cs2263 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 91-93

Author(s):

K. Anbarasi ◽

Kasim Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Clinical Teaching ◽

Development Program ◽

Value Added ◽

Routine Practice ◽

Adaptive Expertise ◽

Rehabilitation Care ◽

Challenge Based Learning ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Programme Outcomes

Dental practitioners often encounter situations that require customising the prosthesis to satisfy the needs of patients. Artificial devices called dental appliances or prosthesis is custom fabricated for the functional, aesthetic, and psychological wellbeing of patients (Chu et al. 2013). The patient’s complaints may vary from missing natural teeth to extensive maxillofacial defects, and there is no single best rehabilitative therapy for these conditions. Designing our product is the choice, and this demands adaptive expertise, i.e., the ability to generate potential solutions (Mylopoulos et al. 2018). Maxillofacial Prosthodontics applies a variety of learning methods like systematic simulation laboratory exercises, See One, Do One, Teach One (SODOTO method), and supervised clinical practice to train the routine technical skills and clinical practice. To maximise the outcomes in the complex prosthetic treatment, the course specialists designed an “Interdisciplinary Device Development program (IDDP)”—a value-added course for the postgraduates in collaboration with the Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering Faculty of our Institution. IDDP is the first of its kind challenge-based learning model in Dentistry that uses innovations to deal with rehabilitation care beyond routine practice. This paper aims to present our IDDP model and programme outcomes.

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To Evaluate Fear and Assess Practice Modification among Dentist against COVID-19 in India – A Questionnaire Based Survey

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i59a34244 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 16-23

Author(s):

Anil Ingole ◽

Jayashree Sajjanar ◽

Jaykumar Gade ◽

Minal Soni ◽

Karan Jaiswal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Direct Contact ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Central India ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Corona Virus ◽

Dental Procedures ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Current Scenario ◽

Fear And Anxiety

Introduction: This highly infective new virus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (Sars-CoV-2), is a corona virus responsible of an acute respiratory syndrome, often asymptomatic but potentially lethal, named Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19). Airborne and direct contact contamination is a major infection pathway of Sars-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 transmission during dental procedures can therefore happen through the inhalation of aerosol/droplets from infected individuals or direct contact with mucous membranes, oral fluids, and contaminated instruments and surfaces .Therefore, dentists have a high risk of getting infected from patients and potentially spreading it to their peers, families, and other patients. Aim: To evaluate fear and assess practice modification among dentist against COVID-19 in India Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study a total of 260 general dental practitioners, postgraduates and graduates across Central India, who were registered under the Dental Council of India, were included in the survey. A questionnaire consisting of 22 Questions with regard to COVID -19 fear and practice modification was designed and the questionnaire was circulated through a web designed program. The responses were collected, and data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS Statistics for Windows version 27.0. Results: There is a description of the fear and anxiety levels of dental care professionals towards COVID-19; 83.85% of participants were afraid of getting infected with COVID-19 from either a patient or a co-worker. While treating a coughing or a patient suspected to be infected with COVID-19, 90% were anxious. In terms of using personal protection, 63.85% believed that a surgical mask is not enough to prevent cross-infection of COVID-19. In comparison, 93.08% favored the use of N-95 masks for routine dental procedures during the current outbreak. Although the majority 91.15% recommended routine universal precautions of infection control. Conclusion: Overall, this study sheds light on the association of COVID-19 factors and fear and anxiety elevated among dentists during working in this pandemic. Covid-19 spread all over world and is worsening day by day. On current scenario several dental practices have either modified their services according to recommended guidelines to emergency treatment only, or closed down practices for an uncertain period.

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The Attitudes and Professional Approaches of Dental Practitioners during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17134703 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (13) ◽

pp. 4703 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Monika Tysiąc-Miśta ◽

Arkadiusz Dziedzic

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Recent Experience ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Procedures ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Sudden Decrease

The coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put enormous pressure on health care systems around the world. Dentistry has had to adjust to the new epidemic situation to not only bring relief to suffering patients but also to avoid becoming a source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Methods: A comprehensive, cross-sectional survey was conducted between April 6 and 16, 2020 among 875 Polish dental practitioners. The aim of the research was to assess dentists’ attitudes and professional approaches resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: 71.2% of dentists who responded to the questionnaire decided to suspend their clinical practice during that particular time. The main factors for this fact were the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the respondents’ subjective perceptions of the risk of COVID-19 contraction and a general feeling of anxiety and uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 situation. The authors observed a significant decrease in the number of patients admitted weekly in April 2020 (12.06; SD, 11.55) in comparison to that in the time before the state of pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020 (49.21; SD, 24.97). Conclusions: Due to the unpreparedness of the dental sector, both in national health and private settings, most of the Polish dentists decided to voluntarily suspend their clinical practice in order to mitigate the spread of the disease. The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed numerous shortcomings in the dental care system, especially regarding the insufficient coordination of health services related to the pandemic and lack of advanced PPE. This has led to an overwhelming feeling of fear, confusion and anxiety among dental professionals in Poland and a sudden decrease in the number of performed dental procedures. Hopefully enriched with the recent experience and due to the implementation of proper strategic and long-term measures, dental practitioners will be better prepared and adapted to global health care disruptions in the future.

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The Assessment and Minimally Invasive Management of Existing Restorations

Dental Update ◽

10.12968/denu.2020.47.10.823 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (10) ◽

pp. 823-828

Author(s):

Igor R Blum

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Clinical Judgement ◽

Economic Costs ◽

Best Interest ◽

Dental Restorations ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Tooth Tissue ◽

Invasive Management

This article provides an overview of current knowledge and understanding of existing criteria for the assessment of dental restorations and encourages dental practitioners to shift, if not already doing so, to considering minimally invasive interventions for manging deteriorating restorations. The repair of restorations in such a way extends longevity of the restoration without sacrificing intact, healthy tooth tissue, and is in the best interest of patients in terms of biological and economic costs. The replacement of a restoration should be only considered as a last resort, when there are no other viable alternatives. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Standardised assessment of dental restorations, using established criteria for clinical judgement and decision-making, is particularly important when managing deteriorating restorations in clinical practice. Minimally invasive management of such restorations, in terms of restoration repair strategies, should be viewed as a safe, viable and effective alternative to other more invasive treatments. The reader should understand the clinical evaluation of dental restorations based on reported standardised parameters and appreciate the benefits of minimally invasive management of deteriorating, yet serviceable, dental restorations in clinical practice.

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Use of online sources of information for dental prac-tice among private dental practitioners in Bangalore – a cross sectional survey

International Journal of Dental Research ◽

10.14419/ijdr.v5i1.7431 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Mayur Nath Reddy ◽

Hemalatha K

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

The Internet ◽

Common Disease ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Online Source ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Online Sources

Introduction: The Internet seems to provide a new opportunity to overcome problems of access and provide clinically appropriate information to practitioners. However, while use of the Internet for clinical information has grown substantially in recent years. Access to the Internet has been improving rapidly for all professional groups. Dental professionals in clinical practice have been increasing opportunities to obtain information for clinical decision-making from a variety of resources, including a growing availability through online technology.Objectives:1) To assess the frequency of utilizing online sources of information for practical guidance.2) To assess the influence of online sources of information on practical guidance.Materials and Methods: A Cross-sectional survey was carried out among 386 private dental practitioners in Bangalore city. A self-administered, structured questionnaire containing 16 items was used (including demographic details). Cronbach's α was found to be 0.87 for each item. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test.Results: 81.6% (n=315) of private dental practitioners use the Internet as their source of information for clinical practice. Only 18.4% (n=71) do not use, the main reason for not using internet is lack of time and it is too complicated to use. 44.8% (n=173) rated on online source as most influential and 45.6% (n=176) frequently using online source for guidance. Information was primarily sought on patient education, oral disease, updates on common disease, and diagnosis. Medline was the most frequently accessed source.Conclusion: A relatively large proportion of dental practitioners uses information from online sources for practical guidance. The Internet could be a valuable medium for the information, provided, that its use is accompanied by training in the identiﬁcation, use, and application.

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Dental Practitioners and their Perceptions Regarding the Use of Antioxidants in the Promotion of Oral Health

International Healthcare Research Journal ◽

10.26440/ihrj/0401.04337 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 10-14

Author(s):

Nadia Khan ◽

Anam Khan ◽

Burshida Khalid ◽

Gauri Sharma

Keyword(s):

Rank Correlation ◽

Central India ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Significant Difference ◽

High Knowledge ◽

Chi Square Test

INTRODUCTION: The role of free radicals is well established as a crucial component of the immune system. AIM: To assess the perception of dental practitioners of Northern and Central India regarding the role of antioxidants in oral health.MATERIALS AND METHOD: A pre-tested and pre-validated online questionnaire was distributed among various dental practitioners in Northern and Central India which consisted of dichotomous responses. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data, followed by the Chi square test to check significant differences between the responses. Correlation between responses were analysed through the Spearman’s rank correlation. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 (SPSS 20).RESULTS: A statistically significant difference was observed among the genders, with females 126 (43.7%) having lesser knowledge than males 162(56.3%) regarding the use of antioxidants in their clinical practice. High knowledge scores were observed in 288 (69.2%) dental professionals. Postgraduates were found to have (p=0.05) a higher level of knowledge as compared to graduates.CONCLUSION: The use of antioxidants in dentistry should be increased through the conduction of various CDE programmes. workshops and evidence-based practice guidelines.

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Awareness regarding safety measures to be followed during COVID 19 outbreak among dentists in Chennai - A questionnaire based survey

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3901 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 1605-1614

Author(s):

Kalyani Behera A ◽

Haripriya S

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Respiratory Infection ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

High Standard ◽

Safety Measures ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

Spss Software ◽

Anxiety And Fear

SARS - COVID 2019 is a global respiratory infection that has been confirmed as a global pandemic. The life of healthcare professionals has changed while working during the corona COVID-19 outbreak. During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the dentist's knowledge about various practice modifications has been evaluated in order to combat COVID-19. A well-constructed questionnaire was designed; it was a close-ended questionnaire study involving 150 participants. The responses of the survey were obtained and subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS Software. The respondents were found to have good knowledge, which is important to combat COVID -19, which would help them imply those techniques in clinical practice. In Spite of having a high standard of knowledge while working during these current situations, dental practitioners are still in a state of anxiety and fear.

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