Prevalence of Partial Edentulousness and Treatment needs in Rural Population of South India

Facial appearance plays a major role in all stages of human life which has got a great impact during pre-adolescent and adolescent phases. Malocclusion can conciliate the oral health tissues and can lead to social and psychological problems. Hence an investigation of the malocclusion status in growing children to intercept the same is required. The aim of this study is to survey the awareness of Fixed orthodontic treatment among school children in perambur. The objective of this study is to survey the school students about their awareness on fixed orthodontic treatment. The study was conducted among 100 law college students studying at Saveetha Law College in Chennai. A questionnaire was prepared consisting of 11 questions, and it was distributed to each of them, and they were evaluated individually. The results of the study were statistically analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively through software called SPSS by IBM. Chi-Square analysis was also done. From the collected data it is evident that the female population was more 52.0%. Many of them didn't know about fixed orthodontic treatment of 55.0% of the population. 62.0% of them said their teeths are properly arranged. 57.0% of them responded to the fact that they didn't have any kind of abnormalities in their teeth. 53.0% of them knew that irregularly arranged teeth can be corrected through treatment. 36.36% of them know that oral habits could lead to irregular arrangement of teeth. 60.0% of them knew that flossing, using mouth and proper brushing techniques will help in maintaining oral hygiene during orthodontic treatment. High school children exhibited more awareness towards orthodontic treatment.

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Awareness Towards Fixed Orthodontic Treatment Among High School Students in Perambur - A Survey

Babu¹

2020

“…Previously our department has published extensive research on various aspects of prosthetic dentistry ('evaluation of Corrosive Behavior of Four nickelchromium Alloys in Artificial Saliva by Cyclic Polarization Test:An in vitro Study ', 2017;ganapathy, Kannan and Venugopalan, 2017;Jain, 2017aJain, , 2017bRanganathan, ganapathy and Jain, 2017;Ariga et al, 2018;gupta, Ariga and Deogade, 2018;Anbu et al, 2019;Ashok and ganapathy, 2019;Duraisamy et al, 2019;Varghese, Ramesh and Veeraiyan, 2019), this vast research experience has inspired us to research about various methods practiced and general knowledge of halitosis among dental students. The main purpose of this study being that by determining the frequently practiced methods in management of hemorrhage and a better insight on the degree of understanding of homeostasis and use of haemostatic agents.…”

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KAP on Haemostasis and Usage of Styptics Among Dental Students

Soh¹

2020

Control of bleeding is one of the most common problems faced during a clinical procedure in both minor and major surgery. Haemostasis is a paramount importance during clinical procedures and usage of hemostatic agents are now being commonly used in uncontrolled or excessive bleeding. These agents act to halt bleeding by means of either mechanically or coagulation action. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness and practices on haemostasis and usage of styptics among dental students. A survey was conducted amongst the undergraduate students in a University hospital. A total of 100 responses were obtained from the students. Results were analysed and compared using the SPSS Statistical Software by doing both the frequency tests and correlation tests. This study showed that 46 % of the participants found hemorrhage was very common throughout their clinical practices. Based on their knowledge, 33% of the students agreed that vasoconstriction is the main action of styptics and 71% participants were familiar with haemostatic agents. In regard to their clinical practice, 29% of the participants agreed that it is necessary to use haemostatic agents to arrest bleeding. Overall, 80 % of the participants agreed that more knowledge about haemorrhage and its effective management is necessary in the future.

“…Previously our department has published extensive research on various aspects of prosthetic dentistry ('evaluation of Corrosive Behavior of Four nickelchromium Alloys in Artificial Saliva by Cyclic Polarization Test:An in vitro Study', 2017; Ganapathy, Kannan and Venugopalan, 2017;Jain, 2017aJain, , 2017branganathan, Ganapathy and Jain, 2017;Ariga et al, 2018;Gupta, Ariga and Deogade, 2018;Anbu et al, 2019;Ashok and Ganapathy, 2019;Duraisamy et al, 2019;Varghese, ramesh and Veeraiyan, 2019), this vast research experience has inspired us to research about the awareness of depression level and its management among dental students. The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of depression among the students and their coping strategies.…”

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Awareness of Depression Level and its Management Among Dental Students: A Questionnaire Survey

Shukri¹

2020

Depression, stress and anxiety are one of the communities that resemble as indicators for mental health. Depression is considered as a common mental disorder characterised by a swing mood or depressed mood, loss of interest and appetite, sleep disturbances, fatigue or low energy, feelings of low self-esteem and poor concentration. Failure to address this unstable emotion will unfortunately results in serious consequences such as suicide. In addition, depression can make students vulnerable to find balance in their quality of life and negative self-esteem. The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of depression among the students and their coping strategies. This cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2019-March 2020 among dental students of Saveetha Dental College. Study questionnaire was conducted through a Google Form application. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) inventory was used to measure the level of depression among students with addition of few questions related to coping strategies. This questionnaire consisted of 3 sections: demographic data, 7 questions from DASS (depression scale) and coping strategies. The collected data was validated, tabulated and analysed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows, version 23.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and results were obtained. Descriptive statistics (frequency distribution and percentage) and inferential statistics (chi-square test) were done. The results showed that the majority of dental students were free from experiencing depression. Some male and female students were having mild (8.77% and 11.40%), moderate (7.02% and 5.26%), severe (3.51% and 6.14%) and extremely severe (1.75% and 4.39%) levels of depression. The most frequently mentioned coping method for relieving depression for male and female students was "emotional discharge" (9.65% and 22.81%), followed by "positive reappraisal" (11.4% and 6.14%). There was statistical significance between coping strategies of depression and gender (p value = 0.03). In the present study, emotional disturbance such as depression exists at a considerable rate among dental students.