Assessment of knowledge and attitude towards prevention among faculty members of dental schools of Jammu city

Objective: To assess the knowledge and attitude towards preventive dentistry among dental faculties in Jammu city.Methods: A descriptive study was carried out on all the dental faculty members (n=64) of the two dental colleges in Jammu city using pretested questionnaire. The questionnaire obtained information regarding their demographic and professional attributes, preventive knowledge regarding dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, malocclusion and counselling and their attitudes towards preventive dentistry. Descriptive statistics included means and standard deviations (SD) of the respondents’ knowledge and attitude scores. Chi-square test served in statistical analysis.Results: Majority of the dental faculties (84.38%) were in the category of highest knowledge scores, while 64.06% of the dental faculties were in the category of highest attitude scores. Statistically significant differences were found for dental faculties knowledge and attitude in relation to their participation in CDE programmes (P<0.05). Dental faculties knowledge showed statistically significant difference in relation to their years of experience in teaching (P<0.05). No other significant differences were found.Conclusions: The prevention orientation of the dental faculties was associated with their credentials such as participation in CDE programmes and years of experience in teaching.Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Dental faculties, Preventive dentistry, Preventio

Abstracts of Scientifica 2022

This book contains the abstracts of the papers presented at Scientifica 2022, Organized by the Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India, held on 12–13 March 2022. This conference helps bring researchers together across the globe on one platform to help benefit the young researchers. There were six invited talks from different fields of Physiotherapy and seven panel discussions including over thirty speakers across the globe which made the conference interesting due to the diversity of topics covered during the conference. Conference Title:  Scientifica 2022Conference Date: 12–13 March 2022Conference Location: Sancheti Institute College of PhysiotherapyConference Organizer: Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, Indi

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