Background and Aim: Majority of the dentists gain hands on experience in managing dental traumas after entering into the field practically leading to an overall limited exposure to dental trauma injuries before their graduation time. The present study aimed to assess the dental student’s perception regarding simulation based dental trauma training. Materials and Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study involved 80 dentistry students at a Tertiary Care teaching institute of Lahore, Pakistan. A questionnaire based survey was done on final year dentistry students to answer the questions regarding their experience of simulated trauma splinting. Prior to this simulation-based practice, all participants were given a 60-minute lecture on oral trauma damage, followed by post-training questions. All the students completed simulated treatment using orthodontic wire, twist flex wire, nylon fishing line, and powermesh as splints. The glass ionomer cement and composite resin were bonding materials used. A 5-point Likert scale was used for post-training questions and answers. Results: Out of the 80 dental students, there were 46 (57.5%) male and 34 (42.5%) female students. The incidence of students who agreed and strongly agreed to their learning assisted by simulated trauma practice were 46.3% (n=37) and 33.8% (n=27) respectively.
Objective: The objective of current study is to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding oral health maintenance of infants. Method: This descriptive crossectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital of Lahore after getting the approval from intuitional ethical committee. The sample size of the current study was 238 mothers with an age ranges between 21years to 35years. Data was collected using convenient sample technique. For data collection, a questionnaire was adopted from a previous study conducted in India on the similar topic.9 SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyzed data. For age of mother and child, mean and standard deviation were calculated whereas for educational level and other questions based on knowledge of maintaining oral health among infants, frequencies and percentages were calculated. Results: Majority of mothers 178(74.79%) reported that transmission of cariogenic bacteria is not possible from mother to infant. Majority of mothers 189(79.41%) reported that bottle feeding during night is not the major reason of dental caries among infants. Majority of mothers 160(67.21%) reported that regular and persistent nighttime breast feeding is not a cause of caries development among infants. Majority of mothers 130(54.62%) reported that they are not sure about importance of oral health maintenance for infants’ general health Conclusion: In conclusion, there is a need to plan an awareness program to educate mothers about the importance of maintaining oral health status of infants to avoid dental caries. Keywords: Dental Caries, Oral Health, Cariogenic bacteria
Objective: This study has planned to explore the dental erosion prevalence among adolescents and relationship of diet with dental erosion among them. Method: This survey based study was conducted in Lahore. Data was collected from government secondary schools of Lahore. After the approval of research study from institutional ethical review committee, data was collected from 150 students with an age ranged from 13 to 16 years from 5 schools after the permission of principals and parents of the students. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to report the prevalence of dental erosion among adolescents. Chi-square test was used to explore the relationship between diet and dental erosion. Results: Findings of chi-square revealed a significant difference between the most frequently preferred food and dental erosion among adolescents (X2=9.67, P=.000). Due to carbonated drinks, 26.67% students were having dental erosion. Dental erosion was found in 20% students who prefer artificial juices, 14.67% students preferred energy drinks, 4% students prefer tea, 2% students prefer coffee, 24.67% students prefer ketchup and 6.67% prefer processed foods. Conclusion: Dental erosion is 21.42% among school going adolescents with age between ranging from 13 years to 16 years with low socioeconomic status in Pakistan. Keywords: Dental Erosion, Carbonated drinks, Adolescents, Socioeconomic status
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