29Mar 2017

PERIODONTAL AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS AND POSTGRADUATES IN ANDHRA PRADESH.

  • Post graduate student, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Reader, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Professor and HOD, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Professor, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Senior-lecturer, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
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Aim: Chronic periodontitis may act as a source for systemic inflammation that impacts overall health. It is associated with an increased risk of systemic illness such as cardiovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, adverse outcomes in pregnancy and diabetes. So it triggered the need of a close association between physician and dentist. Hence the present study was conducted to know the awareness of medical interns and post graduates towards periodontal diseases. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from June to November 2015. Total 300 participants are selected, in that 260 were responded to participate in the study. A 14-Question survey was distributed to participants chosen randomly from various medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh, India. Questions are designed to assess the knowledge of participants about periodontitis and its association with systemic diseases. The study was approved by institutional ethical committee. Data were analysed by using commercially available statistical software SPSS(P <0.05). Results:Of the260 participants,65% are male and 35% are female. About 52.4% don’t know that periodontal infection may cause preterm low birth weight child. Only 2% have rated their knowledge regarding the association of periodontal disease with systemic diseases was excellent but 51.4 %know that periodontal disease is a risk factor for systemic diseases.About 25% never screened their patients for periodontal disease i.e. they were not prepared nor trained to screen periodontal diseases. Conclusion: In this study medical interns and post graduates had limited awareness towards periodontal diseases. Oral health training as part of the medical curriculum is strongly recommended.

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[Priyanka Vattivella, Rupasree Gundala, V. Krishna, G. Harikishan, Anusha G, S. Nishanthoury and M. Madhusudhan Rao. (2017); PERIODONTAL AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS AND POSTGRADUATES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 1483-1489] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3656      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3656

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