Knowledge, attitude and practice concerning infection control measures among dental health care providers of Dow university of health sciences

A cross sectional study was conducted among dental students of Dow International Dental College [DUHS] to find out their level of knowledge, attitude, and practice about infection control measures. If any significant linear correlation was present between the knowledge, attitudes and practice, their scores were observed. Statistical analyses for knowledge, attitude and practice descriptive statistics were computed using the SPSS software for Windows version 17. ANOVA was used to calculate p-value of knowledge, attitudes, and practice values. Pearson's test was used to compute the correlation among knowledge, attitudes, and practice scores. A p value of

Evaluation of post operative pain in single and multi visit endodontic therapy with rotary instruments

The objective of this study is to evaluate post operative pain in single and multi visit endodontics therapy with rotary instrument. This study may help the clinicians to decide to complete the RCT in one visit. Experimental Study. This study was conducted in Department of Operative Dentistry LUH Hyderabad, from July 2010 to Jan 2011. This study was performed to compare post obturation pain following single and multiple visit root canal treatment [RCT] with rotary instruments. Sample size was sixty six permanent anterior teeth which were divided into Group A [Single visit] and Group B [Multiple visit] with 33 teeth in each group. After taking informed written consent routine RCT steps were carried out like access opening, canal path finding, and radiographic working length determination. Canal preparation was done by Pro Taper rotary files up to F2 size file with 2.5% sodium hypochlorite irrigation. In Group A obturation was done at same visit lateral condensation and in Group B, after canal preparation calcium hydroxide as intra canal medication was given for 7 days. Then the canal was obturated by lateral condensation technique and temporized with cavit. The patients were recalled at three specific post obturation periods, after 24 hours, 7 days and one month and were evaluated to determine pain severity on verbal rating scale. Chi Square test and Fridman test were used to interpret the results. The results of present study indicated almost same degree of post obturation pain in both groups

Assessment of the interappointment pain by using two different intracanal medicaments

The objective of this study was to assess the interappointment pain by using two different intracanal medicaments. Comparative study in the department of operative dentistry, Liaquat Medical University Hospital Hyderabad was carried out. 60 teeth either anterior or posterior of male and female patients of 14 to 60 years age diagnosed for root canal treatment were included. Following the routine access cavity preparation, canals were located with endodontic explorer. Working length was taken with 15# k-file, and then instrumentation was performed with proTaper hand files and shaping by the crown down technique along with irrigation by using Milton's [l%Naocl] solution. Canals were dried with paper points and Ledermix paste in Group I and Calcium hydroxide in Group II patients were inserted in random sequence. The patients were recalled, to record the degree of pain on the next day, third day and one week and for clinical evaluation and obturation if the tooth was asymptomatic. Out of 60 cases, 33[55%] were male and 27[45%] were female. Post operative next day, mild pain was observed in 25% [15/60] patients and moderate pain in 20% [12/60] while severe pain in 13.3% [8/60] patients. Similarly on third day, mild pain was observed in 3.3% [2/60] only. While after one week mild pain was found in only 1.6% [1/60] case. Severity of pain was significantly low in group I than group II [p=0.999] after one week. Treatment with Ledermix was significantly better than with Calcium hydroxide in controlling severity of interappointment pain