A Survey About Knowledge And Awareness Of Tooth Jewellery Among Dental Students

Abstract

Background: Tooth jewellery is one of the forms of self expression and when done properly, it really can add a special sparkle to one's smile. In fact, this results in increased self confidence of the person. Most commonly tooth jewellery worn by 18 to 35 year old hip-hop artists and disc jockeys to add on to their performance. It is becoming very popular now-a-days, like any other kind of fashion trend. This study aimed to study the awareness of tooth jewellery among dental students.
Materials and methods: The sample size used for the study is 100. A self structured questionnaire was prepared and uploaded in google form. This standard questionnaire was circulated among the study population and at the end of the survey all the data was collected and analysed with chi square analysis the chi square analysis was done using software ibm spss version 23. P value was set at < 0.05
Result: (27.87%) reported that they have no prior knowledge of the terminology, (5.74%) reported they are not aware of the terminology. (66.39%) reported they are aware of the terminology.
Conclusion: There is fair awareness about tooth jewellery among dental students.More awareness can be brought about by dental personnels.