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Dental services and their awareness and utilization among the health care workers in a South Indian district – A cross sectional study
- Source :
- Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 16, Iss 5, Pp 212-214 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024.
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Abstract
- Aim: The present research was carried out to evaluate the amount of usage of dental care opportunities and also to assess the problems faced by health care workers (HCWs) of a south Indian district in using dental services. Methodology: This study had around 500 participants who belonged from various health care sectors who were selected with the help of multistage sampling. The data obtained from this cross-sectional research was analysed statistically using SPSS 22.0. Results: It was noticed that around 35% of participants went for a dentist's appointment in past 1 year where male members predominated (45%). One of the commonest reasons for utilizing dental care services was pain as an dental emergency factor (70%). Other reasons were dental caries (18%) restoration, breakage of tooth (10%) and a host of other factors (11%). Around 350 participants felt that going to the dentist was only necessary when there was an emergency (61%). Conclusion: The target population less frequently visited the dentist to maintain their teeth as they believed when you have pain, that is the time you go to a dental specialist.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09757406
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5658d83f843943dcb17ed87f9d615903
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_462_23