Awareness On Turner Syndrome Among Dental Students.

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is caused by complete loss or structural anomalies of the Xchromosome (45X). Symptoms emerge slowly, where affected females can potentially develop a wide variety of symptoms. Common symptoms include short stature and premature ovarian failure, which can result in the failure to attain puberty. Aim: The aim of the study is to create awareness of Turner syndrome among dental students. Materials and method: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey study was conducted among Dental Colleges of Chennai. The age range was between 18 to 23 years. The questionnaire was set and circulated among dental students. The questions were mainly to create awareness of Turner syndrome to dental students. Results: Among the 150 dental students who participated in this survey, 129 (85.4%) participants were females and 21(14.6%) were males. 12(7.9%) participants are between 18-20years, 120(79.5%) participants are between 20-23years and 18 (12.6%) participants were more than 23 years age group. 147 of 97.4% say turner syndrome occurs in females and 3 participants are not aware. 142 (94%) participants are aware that turner syndrome is also called monosomy. Conclusion: From this study, we have concluded that dental students have awareness about Turner syndrome. Most of the students see Turner syndrome cases in day to day life. Dental students have knowledge about Turner syndrome which is due to abnormalities of chromosomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]