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Awareness on Full Mouth Rehabilitation Among Interns - A Cross Sectional Questionnaire Based Study
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BAALA VIGNESH.A, REVATHI DURAISAMY M.D.S, DHANRAJ GANAPATHY
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Full mouth rehabilitation is defined as the restoration of functional integrity of dental arches using various dental prostheses to achieve equilibration among the maxillary and mandibular arches. It embodies the correlation and integration of all components of both arches as one functional unit to restore a dynamic and functional equilibrium in the oral cavity. The main reasons for edentulism are periodontal disorders, dental caries and old restorations in the tooth requiring replacement, attrition of teeth, missing teeth and severely worn out teeth requiring replacement for aesthetic purposes, temporomandibular disorders.This study was done to assess and evaluate the knowledge on Full Mouth Rehabilitation among interns studying in Saveetha dental college. This is a questionnaire based survey. An online questionnaire was shared among 95 dental interns studying in Saveetha dental college. Based on the answers from the survey, the data was compiled and analyzed and based on the results of the survey, the responses were analysed through statistical analysis software SPSS version 20.0. The study showed that out of the individuals who took part in the survey 21.1% were male interns and 78.9% were female interns. Among these individuals 8.42% male interns and 48.42% female interns have come across a patient indicating full mouth rehabilitation.(p>0.05) The study showed that the main causes for the indication of full mouth rehabilitation are repeated tooth fracture, failure of restoration, trauma from occlusion, interocclusal space defects. 14.74% males and 46.32% females thought that all these causes led to the incidence for the requirement of full mouth rehabilitation.(p>0.05). The major contraindications for full mouth rehabilitation were no pathology, no tissue damage and joint symptoms. 13.68% male interns and 52.63% female interns answered that all these findings were contradictions for the patient to undergo full mouth rehabilitation(p>0.05). Among the individuals who took part in the survey 6.32% males and 45.26% females were aware of the cost expenditure to undergo full mouth rehabilitation.(p<0.05). The survey indicated that the interns studying in saveetha dental college were aware of full mouth rehabilitation. They were aware of the indications and contraindications and the risk factors leading to wearing of the tooth structure indicating full mouth rehabilitation. They were also aware of the cost expenditure for a patient for the treatment involving full mouth rehabilitation.
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Aesthetics, Full mouth rehabilitation, gender, occlusion, restorative treatment, Vertical dimension, wearing of teeth.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.029
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