Awareness about the use, Ethics and Scope of Dental Photography among Undergraduate Dental Students Dentist Behind the lens

Universal precautions are a vital standard set of rules applied to be followed by patients and doctors while carrying out any clinical procedure, but especially in patients with blood-borne diseases or infections. It is carried out to prevent the spread of infection from one person to another. Universal precautions are of great significance to medical personnel, where they expose themselves to numerous infectious diseases. The research aimed to assess and improve knowledge about universal precautions among health care personnel to reduce the rate of harmful exposure and infections among them. A questionnaire comprising 20 questions was created and circulated among 100 health care workers through the online platform "Google forms". The results were collected and analysed. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS. It was evident that many people were not aware of the seriousness of universal precautions. Fortunately, many medical personals followed and were aware of universal precaution to an extent. Universal precaution should be followed religiously and judiciously to prevent the spread of deadly diseases.

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Importance of the universal precautions among health care personnel and its impact against Covid-19 spread - A survey

Shankar

Ramasubramanian

Preetha

2020

“…Hence, genetic and hereditary assessment in patients with no association with tobacco should be done to get a conclusive result (Chandra, 2013) . The clinical data of the patients were veri ied by photographs obtained from DIAS, which emphasizes the role of dental photography (Hannah, 2018).…”

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Correlation of age and gender with the site of occurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma

L¹,

Hannah²,

Ramani³

et al. 2020

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most occurring cancer of the oral cavity showing changes based on-site, sex, age and habits of the population. The purpose of the study is to correlate the occurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma at specific anatomical sites with age and gender. The present study is a retrospective study, including data from June 2019 to April 2020. Data of 50 OSCC patients including age, gender, site of the lesion, the onset of symptoms, treatment done, were collected, tabulated and then statistically analyzed. Results revealed that buccal mucosa was the most common site of occurrence in males (61.50%): Correlation of gender with the location of oscc was statistically not significant with a p-value higher than 0.05. Regarding the association of age with a site of oscc occurrence, buccal mucosa was the common site of involvement in individuals below 50 years of age (54.50%), followed by tongue 23.50% and 21% in above 50 years of age. Correlation of age with the site of oscc occurrence was statistically insignificant (p>0.05). Within the limits of the study, it can be concluded that the site of occurrence of OSCC is more governed by habits involved than age and gender itself. But an investigation involving a larger population would give a more comprehensive outcome.

“…AIDS [HIV Virus] etc. It was irst identi ied in the Wuhan district of China in December 2019 (Cyranoski, 2020;Hannah, 2018;Palati et al, 2019). Till today nearly 216 countries have been affected by this.…”

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Awareness of the preventive measures against Covid -19 spread among small shop owners

Muralidharan¹,

Gheena²

2020

Covid -19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered strain of coronavirus. As there is no vaccine discovered, the only way to prevent the spread is through following the practice of social isolation. But prolonged isolation may also lead to psychological stress and problems. The objective of the survey was to assess the knowledge and awareness of preventive measures against Covid 19 amongst small shop owners. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted amongst the small shop owners. A structured questionnaire comprising 15-17 questions had been put forth to assess the Covid 19 related knowledge and perception. The shopkeepers were contacted telephonically and responses recorded. The data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics. Although the majority of the population had a positive perception about the preventive measures against the Covid spread, 36% of the shopkeepers were not aware of the preventive measures against the Covid spread. This study found optimal knowledge and perception of the preventive measures against Covid spread among the shopkeepers but misinformation and misunderstanding still prevailing. The shopkeepers are crucial in the prevention of the spread of Covid 19 and educating them might aid us in the fight against Covid- 19.