Knowledge On Dentin Defects - A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Preclinical Undergraduates

Abstract

Aim: To assess knowledge about dentin defects among undergraduate students of private dental college. 

Background: Dentin is a mineralised, elastic, yellowish-white, a vascular tissue enclosing the central pulp chamber. Dentinal defects include Dentinogenesis imperfecta, Dentin dysplasia and Regional odontodysplasia. 

Materials and methods: This is a questionnaire based cross sectional study conducted among preclinical UG students in a private dental college. Random sampling is used to minimize the sampling bias. A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions about dentin defects were circulated through the online survey mode undergraduates. The collected data were analysed using spss software version 23.

Result: It is found that second year UG  have more knowledge about dentin defects than the first year UG. In our study, 35.54% were aware of DI and  86.21% of respondents were aware of regional odontodysplasia. There exists an association between year of study and response for thistle tube deformity and the p value was found to be 0.000(p<0.05). Hence it is statistically significant.

Conclusion: From the present study, we found that second year UG  have more knowledge about dentin defects than the first year UG.