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- Title
Dental services and their awareness and utilization among the health care workers in a South Indian district – A cross sectional study.
- Authors
Agarwal, Komal; Kolapally, Swetha; Jha, Kunal; Chaturvedi, Mudita; Maini, Anuj; Varma Datla, Praveen; Tiwari, Heena
- 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.
- Subjects
MEDICAL personnel; DENTAL care utilization; DENTAL care; ORAL habits; TOOTHACHE; COMMUNITY health services
- Publication
Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences, 2024, Vol 16, p212
- ISSN
0976-4879
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_462_23