ABSTRACT
Objectives; To investigate the significance of Oral biology course in dentistry amongst 1[st] year BDS, interns and postgraduate students
Study Design: Cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at Dow University of health sciences from 1[st] April 2015 to 1[st] July 2015
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 75 1[st] year BDS students, 25 house officers and 100 postgraduate trainees of Dow University of Health Sciences. A questionnaire based on a likert scale was distributed among 200 participants. The response rate was 100%. 5 questions were asked with five options
The main focus was to know whether Oral Biology being the basic foundation of dentistry is adequate enough to be taught for one year only. Data was analyzed on SPSS version 22
Results: 65% strongly agreed and 34% agreed that Oral Biology is relevant subject for general dentistry
Whereas 47.5% disagree and 9% strongly disagree that Oral Biology is one of the pillars in dentistry. 68.5% strongly agree and 25% agree that Oral Biology is a building block in medical and dental sciences. 24% agree, strongly agree 12% and remaining 59% were unaware with the fact about the knowledge of oral biology is applicable to clear the aptitude test
Majority of the students agreed that the knowledge of the oral biology is essential for their clinic practice in future [Strongly agree-44% Agree-48.5%]
Conclusion: Oral biology is the relevant subject to the general dentistry
ABSTRACT
Objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and awareness among different levels of healthcare workers about sterilization. A questionnaire was designed to obtain information about knowledge of sterilization among dental house officers, dental auxilliaries and other non teaching staff of different dental colleges of Karachi. The sample size of the study was 500. The questionnaires were filled in by dentists and dental auxiliaries. The was spread over 6 months. The questionnaire contained questions about socio-demographic data and knowledge about sterilization, wearing of gloves, masks, and sterilization protocol. Data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software. There were 12 questions in each questionnaire. The study group consisted of 182 [36.4%] male and 318 [63.6%] female. The majority of respondents included house officers, teaching and non teaching staff of different medical/ dental colleges of Karachi. Most of the dentists wore gloves while treating patients, 484 [98.6%] of respondents said that they always changed their gloves after each patient where as 11[2.2%] said they did sometimes