Objective: To assess the congruity of Moyers’ dental analysis in Pakistani individuals and to make tables foreseeing the size of non-erupted permanent premolars and canines in children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Orthodontics Department of Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID) Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This was conducted from January 2020 to December 2021 and included mixed dentition subjects’ casts. Mesiodistal widths (MDW) of the permanent dentition were estimated and contrasted with the anticipated values that emerged from the Moyer’s mixed dentition examination. Students t-test, simple linear regression and Pearson correlation coefficient examination were utilized for statistical correlation. All data was gathered utilizing an electronic digital caliper and further investigated through IBM SPSS Statistics 24. Results: Dental casts of the 258 subjects, 106 (41%) males and 152 (58.9%) females with the ages ranging 15.825±2.95 years were analyzed. Tooth size contrasts were significant (p <0.05) which was noticed in comparison to Moyer’s predictive table. This demonstrates a bigger tooth size in young men than in young ladies. New probability tables were created through linear regression equations for our population. Conclusion: Moyer’s prediction cannot be applied to the Pakistani population. Mandibular incisors in addition to maxillary first molars are superior in prediction for the size assessment of canines and premolars (cp) that are unerupted in males and upper arch only in females. Another noteworthy conclusion is that in our study sample, in lower arch of females, the width of mandibular molars with mandibular incisors predicts better. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.5.6380 How to cite this: Rehan SA, Imtiaz R, Mustafa S, Saleh A. Application of Moyer’s mixed dentition analysis and establishing probability tables in a sample of Pakistani population. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(5):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.5.6380 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To evaluate the awareness and practice of cross infection control among the undergraduates,graduates and postgraduates in Prosthodontics Department of a tertiary dental health care institution.Study Design: Cross-sectional survey.Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in March 2022 to May 2022, at ProsthodonticsDepartment of Armed forces institute of Dentistry (AFID), a tertiary dental health care institution, Rawalpindi.Materials and Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed. Data was analysed using IBM SPSSStatistics 24 software and descriptive statistics including frequencies were calculated.Results: The response rate was 100%. 99.2% participants had knowledge of sterilization, disinfection andasepsis. 98.5% believed that cross infection control is important in prosthodontics; 80% believed thatsterilization protocol is being followed in the tertiary dental health care institute. 88.5% used gloves and 86.5%disinfected dentures before final insertion. 66% did not use eyewear, 75.4% did not disinfect rubber bowl inbetween patients. 56.9% did not disinfect facebow before sending it to dental laboratory.Conclusion: The overall knowledge, attitude and performance of participants included in this study were foundto be satisfactory. Workshops and awareness programs should be conducted on regular basis for the studentsfrom the beginning of preclinical years of under graduation of dentistry.How to cite this: Rehman B, Bano V, Afzal S, Arshad M, Rehan A, Mustafa S. Awareness And Practice of Cross Infection Control in Prosthodontics Department among the Undergraduate, Graduates and Postgraduates in a Tertiary Dental Health Care Institution. Life and Science. 2022; 3(3): 134-140. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.239
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