Knowledge On Radiographs Among Undergraduate Students - A Cross Sectional Survey

Abstract

Background : Radiographs is a diagnostic tool, which is used in the clinical examination of dental diseases. Periapical X-rays, computed tomography, cone beam computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound scan have also been found in modern dentistry.

Aim : The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of radiographs identification among 1st year undergraduates.

Materials and Methods : This study is a questionnaire based survey to evaluate the knowledge about Radiography  among 1st year undergraduates. The data collected through google forms and analysed using SPSS software version 23.

Results : The present study has observed 100 study participants. Among them,  33% of the participants are male and 67% of the participants are female. According to this study, the majority (67%) of them are females who were aware about Lateral Cephalometric radiography when compared to male (33%). Pearson chi square test was done and the p value is 0.246 (p value > 0.05). Hence, it is statistically not significant .

Conclusion : From the present study, it is concluded that females were more aware about Radiographs than male. This knowledge gap can be minimised by conducting more pictorial lectures and more workshops on Radiographs for the students to make them understand the subject in depth.