ABSTRACT
Background: In this time of COVID-19 crisis, need of hour to appropriately perform dental procedures to reduce the spread of this deadly disease, it is importance to assess the knowledge and attitude of pediatric dentists regarding spread and control of infection before and after COVID-19 crisis. Methods and Materials: Questionnaire-based survey composed of 6 questions that assess the knowledge of pediatric dentists regarding COVID-19 infection and 10 questions each designed to gather information about their clinical practice before and after COVID-19 crisis which shows attitude of pediatric dentists. Online survey link was circulated through social media and an e-mail to pediatric dentists from different locations in India and the responses were collected. 346 pediatric dentists willingly responded in the study. Result(s): On grading the knowledge score according to the number of most appropriate responses chosen by the respondents, it was found that 82.4% of the pediatric dentist had good knowledge regarding the COVID-19 infection, 16.4% had fair and 1.2% had poor knowledge about it. The attitude regarding clinical practice of pediatric dentists, before and after COVID-19 crisis, is shown in percentage and was determined and compared using Chi-square test. Conclusion(s): Our study presented data on the depth of knowledge and the attitude among the pediatric dentists' attitude regarding spread and control of infection before and after COVID-19 crisis it was quite acceptable.Copyright © 2020 Ubiquity Press. All rights reserved.