Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study
Aim: The aim of the study is to know about the awareness of probiotics among undergraduate dental students. Materials and Methods: We conducted cross-sectional research where we had distributed a questionnaire consisting of ten open-ended questions, among 150 dental students through emails. The ques...
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author | Tejaswi Kala Priyaranjan Shilpa Sunil Khanna Harveen Kaur Nidhi Gupta Anshuman Shetty Heena Dixit Tiwari |
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description | Aim: The aim of the study is to know about the awareness of probiotics among undergraduate dental students. Materials and Methods: We conducted cross-sectional research where we had distributed a questionnaire consisting of ten open-ended questions, among 150 dental students through emails. The questions were based on the utilization of probiotics in dentistry. The data obtained was statistically analyzed with the help of Chi-square test. Results: In our study, we noted that most of the participants were aware of the term probiotics and had general ideas but were not fully aware of its pathogenesis. Around 83.2% of the participants were aware of probiotics and general concepts. We also noted that only 42.5% of the students agreed that probiotics can be used in the management of halitosis as well as periodontitis. Conclusion: We concluded that most of the dental students had a lack of awareness as well as were not familiar with the usage of probiotics in dentistry. |
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spelling | doaj.art-334920d549e84ce78da14382e7baf6a32024-04-04T16:37:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74062024-01-0116523623810.4103/jpbs.jpbs_476_23Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP StudyTejaswi KalaPriyaranjanShilpa Sunil KhannaHarveen KaurNidhi GuptaAnshuman ShettyHeena Dixit TiwariAim: The aim of the study is to know about the awareness of probiotics among undergraduate dental students. Materials and Methods: We conducted cross-sectional research where we had distributed a questionnaire consisting of ten open-ended questions, among 150 dental students through emails. The questions were based on the utilization of probiotics in dentistry. The data obtained was statistically analyzed with the help of Chi-square test. Results: In our study, we noted that most of the participants were aware of the term probiotics and had general ideas but were not fully aware of its pathogenesis. Around 83.2% of the participants were aware of probiotics and general concepts. We also noted that only 42.5% of the students agreed that probiotics can be used in the management of halitosis as well as periodontitis. Conclusion: We concluded that most of the dental students had a lack of awareness as well as were not familiar with the usage of probiotics in dentistry.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2024;volume=16;issue=5;spage=236;epage=238;aulast=Kaladental studentslive microorganismsprebioticsprobiotics |
spellingShingle | Tejaswi Kala Priyaranjan Shilpa Sunil Khanna Harveen Kaur Nidhi Gupta Anshuman Shetty Heena Dixit Tiwari Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences dental students live microorganisms prebiotics probiotics |
title | Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study |
title_full | Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study |
title_fullStr | Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study |
title_short | Utilization of Probiotics Among Dental Students: A KAP Study |
title_sort | utilization of probiotics among dental students a kap study |
topic | dental students live microorganisms prebiotics probiotics |
url | http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2024;volume=16;issue=5;spage=236;epage=238;aulast=Kala |
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