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Awareness About Dental Fluorosis and Its Various Treatment Methods Among Dental Students
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M.P. INDUJA, L.LEELAVATHI
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Dental fluorosis is defined as hypo-mineralization or disturbance in the formation of tooth caused by the prolonged intake of fluoride throughout the developing stage of the dentition. It is a non-carious state which is characterized clinically by its discoloration from white flecks, yellow to brown scattered irregular spots over the teeth surface.To assess knowledge and awareness about Dental fluorosis and Its various treatment methods among dental students.In this cross-sectional study, participants were selected from a dental college in Chennai, India. Study sample consisted of dental students in clinical years. A self-administered validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire questioned participants about dental fluorosis in general, its aetiology and various treatment options. Data was recorded in Microsoft Excel and later exported to IBM SPSS (version 20.0 Chicago USA) and subjected to Statistical analysis. It is seen that among 311 participants, 51.8% answered that dental fluorosis affects both enamel & dentin,36.7% answered that McInnes solution is the bleaching agent used in fluorosis, 52.1% answered that vital bleaching is not successful in older patients with darker type of brown stains, 23.2% answered that Mcinnes solution could be done with minimum chair side time, 53.4% answered that Using more than smear or rice size amount of fluoridated toothpaste in children less than 3 years of age will increase the risk of fluorosis, 43.7% agreed that genetic background plays a major role in influencing the risk of fluorosis. 46.6% answered that micro and macro abrasion is the treatment option for moderate fluorosis, 1.7% of the interns and 100% of the 3rd years have chosen veneers as the treatment option for mild to moderate types of fluorosis and interns (15%) have chosen full mouth rehabilitations as the treatment option for moderate to severe type of fluorosis with inter occlusal space. Within the limits of this study, it can be concluded that nearly half of the dental students of clinical years were aware about the general knowledge and etiology of fluorosis but most of the participants were not aware about the treatment options for fluorosis.
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Dental fluorosis,Dental students' knowledge, Topical fluoride, Treatment options
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.03.443
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