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S C Deogade1, S S Mantri1, S Saxena2
1Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Background:
Dental undergraduate students work on extracted human teeth in preclinical practical's to learn technical skills before entering the clinics and delivering dental care to the patients.
Aim:
The aim of the present investigation was to assess the awareness and knowledge toward sterilization/disinfection methods of extracted human teeth in a selected group of Indian dental students.
Materials And Methods:
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the participants consisted of 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-year dental students. Data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed by Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test using SPSS software version 16 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Results:
In this study, 235 dental students participated in the study. The average awareness and knowledge score was 7.27 (1.92). Based on the opinion of 57% (134/235) students, hydrogen peroxide was selected as the suitable material for sterilization and 24.6% (58/235) students believed that autoclave sterilization is a good way for the purpose.
Conclusion:
The results of this investigation indicated that awareness and knowledge of undergraduate dental students in relation to sterilization/disinfection methods of extracted human teeth were good. However, deficiencies were observed in relation to teaching the material and methods suitable for sterilization.
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