Assessment Of The Knowledge And Awareness Towards The Aetiology And Diagnosis For Gingival Recession And Attitude Towards Its Management
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Aim– The Aim of the study is to assess of the Knowledge and Awareness towards the aetiology and Diagnosis for Gingival Recession and attitude towards its management among interns and post-graduates.
Materials and Methods: 250 dental professionals including interns and postgraduates from diverse specialties participated in an online survey. This self-prepared questionnaire-based survey consisting of 14 questions was carried out at Rama dental college Kanpur for a period of 2 months.
Statistical analysis used:
Descriptive statistics have been used to summarize and describe the distributions of responses for each question. These statistics include measures like counts, percentages, means, and standard deviation. The Chi-square test and ANOVA test were used to analyze and compare the variables.
Results:54.8% of interns and postgraduates had good knowledge and attitude towards aetiology and management of gingival recession, 44.4% had intermediate knowledge whereas 0.8% had poor knowledge.
Conclusion: The study concluded that the Knowledge and Awareness towards the aetiology and Diagnosis for Gingival Recession and attitude towards its management among interns and postgraduates was good.
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