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Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Among Private Dental Practitioners About Usage Of Periodontal Diagnostic Instruments And Pre Procedural Rinsing - Kap Study
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SUBASREE SOUNDARAJAN, JAIGANESH RAMAMURTHY
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Periodontal diseases are highly prevalent chronic inflammatory conditions that affect the supporting tissues of the teeth. Diagnosis of periodontal disease is based on parameters like periodontal probing depth, loss of attachment, bleeding on probing and also alveolar bone levels. The aim of the study is to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about usage of periodontal diagnostic instruments and pre – procedural rinsing among dental clinic practitioners, in South Tamil Nadu. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken through an online survey platform for 100 private dental practitioners. Number and percentage distribution of the participants' responses were calculated. A chi squared test was performed to assess the association between specialisation and responses to the questions using SPSS 23.0. When the private practitioners were asked if they check for periodontal probing depth during routine diagnosis, 80% of them responded with a “’Yes’ & 20% of them responded with a ‘No’. 74% of the dentists reported that they prefer William’s probe, 14% of them preferred UNC 15 probe, 4% of them opted for WHO probe, 5% of them chose straight probe and 3% of the participants selected explorer for periodontal diagnosis. 46% of the dentists had the practice of probing 6 sites for all teeth. 48% of the dentists advise preprocedural rinsing before probing. From the results of Chi square test it is evident that dentists belonging to other specialisation had lesser knowledge, attitude & practice about usage of periodontal diagnostic instruments and preprocedural rinsing. Within the limitations of the study, it is evident that not all private dental practitioners give importance to periodontal examination during routine clinical diagnosis.
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Bacteremia; Chlorhexidine; Periodontal probe; Periodontal disease; William's probe.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.01.278
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