Knowledge of vizilite among dental students - A survey.

Early detection of Oral cancer is crucial in improving survival rate.To improve early detection, observation under a chemiluminescent light (ViziLite,Zila pharmaceuticals,Phoenix AZ) has been recommended, which is one of the newly developed adjuncts where it was still in its infancy. The present survey assessed the Knowledge of ViziLite among Dental Students. The Aim of the survey was to investigate general knowledge and applications of ViziLite among Dental students. Cross sectional survey using questionnaires of 12 questions which were adopted and modified from previous studies and designed in simpler questionnaire form and conducted among the undergraduate & postgraduate students of totally 100 in Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals. The results were collected and then analysed throundergraduateh SPSS software. Descriptive statistical analysis was carried out and chi square test was used and p value was calculated. Among the total respondents 82% of them are aware of ViziLite - An aid in diagnosis of early detection of Oral cancer. The reports from the survey concluded that ViziLite knowledge and applications shows that there is a significant difference between the post graduate and undergraduate students and identified that the postgraduate students are more aware of the utility and light reflection principle of ViziLite than the undergraduate students(p-value <0.05). Also found that there is no significant difference between the postgraduate and undergraduate students on awareness of ViziLite’s interpretation and both accept that ViziLite is one of the diagnostic tools for oral cancer detection(p- value >0.05).Hereby we conclude, a significant level of awareness was present among undergraduate students and postgraduate students and the postgraduate students are more aware than the undergraduate students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]