Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study
Introduction: Maxillofacial defects are facial disfigurements resulting from congenital abnormalities, surgical resection of tumours, trauma, or a combination of these. The resulting deformity often leads to a difficult path of recovery with lifelong consequences, causing both physical disabilit...
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| description | Introduction: Maxillofacial defects are facial disfigurements
resulting from congenital abnormalities, surgical resection
of tumours, trauma, or a combination of these. The resulting
deformity often leads to a difficult path of recovery with lifelong
consequences, causing both physical disability and mental
distress. Prosthetic rehabilitation is not only a solution to cover
the physical deficit, but also a way to improve function as well
as the quality of life for such patients. However, the knowledge
amongst undergraduate dental health professionals about the
same has been at sparse.
Aim: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices
regarding maxillofacial defects and their prosthetic rehabilitation
amongst dental undergraduate students.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was
conducted between January 2020 and June 2020, amidst the
third year, fourth year undergraduate students, and interns of
Belagavi city, Karnataka, India. The data was collected using
a 16-item custom designed proforma, comprising of questions
evaluating student’s basic knowledge about the diagnosis,
treatment procedures, and treatment planning of maxillofacial
defects and their prosthetic rehabilitation. Statistical analysis
was done using Chi-square test in each group, using SPSS
version 22 p-value <0.05 to be considered significant.
Results: A total of 286 participants answered the questionnaire,
of which 117 (40.9%) were interns, 116 (40.6%) were third
year students, and 53 (18.5%) were fourth year students.
279 (97.6%) participants had an understanding regarding
maxillofacial defects. Of those who had witnessed cases,
only 18.2% had observed more than three cases (p-value
<0.001). Out of respondents with treatment understanding, 184
(64.3%) answered that it required a multidisciplinary approach
(p-value <0.001). 197 (68.9%) of the respondents felt that
silicone was the most commonly used material (p<0.003). 165
(57.7%) answered that waxes were the most commonly used
impression material (p-value <0.001). Out of the respondents
awared about treatment modalities, 120 (42%) respondents
majority answered that CAD-CAM would contribute the most to
maxillofacial rehabilitation.
Conclusion: Comprehensive understanding and clinical
application of prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillofacial
defects among undergraduate students was found to be
lacking. This awareness should be initiated at an early stage
of the clinical training for undergraduate training programme,
as it will help to understand the basic aspects involved in the
prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillofacial defects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b3cef868dd945ae9f8d21ab9f2d00a82022-12-21T22:04:37ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2020-11-011411ZC06ZC1010.7860/JCDR/2020/46236.14243Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional StudyS Shreya0Ramesh P Nayakar1Intern, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, KAHER’S KLE V.K. Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, KAHER’S KLE V.K. Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.Introduction: Maxillofacial defects are facial disfigurements resulting from congenital abnormalities, surgical resection of tumours, trauma, or a combination of these. The resulting deformity often leads to a difficult path of recovery with lifelong consequences, causing both physical disability and mental distress. Prosthetic rehabilitation is not only a solution to cover the physical deficit, but also a way to improve function as well as the quality of life for such patients. However, the knowledge amongst undergraduate dental health professionals about the same has been at sparse. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding maxillofacial defects and their prosthetic rehabilitation amongst dental undergraduate students. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between January 2020 and June 2020, amidst the third year, fourth year undergraduate students, and interns of Belagavi city, Karnataka, India. The data was collected using a 16-item custom designed proforma, comprising of questions evaluating student’s basic knowledge about the diagnosis, treatment procedures, and treatment planning of maxillofacial defects and their prosthetic rehabilitation. Statistical analysis was done using Chi-square test in each group, using SPSS version 22 p-value <0.05 to be considered significant. Results: A total of 286 participants answered the questionnaire, of which 117 (40.9%) were interns, 116 (40.6%) were third year students, and 53 (18.5%) were fourth year students. 279 (97.6%) participants had an understanding regarding maxillofacial defects. Of those who had witnessed cases, only 18.2% had observed more than three cases (p-value <0.001). Out of respondents with treatment understanding, 184 (64.3%) answered that it required a multidisciplinary approach (p-value <0.001). 197 (68.9%) of the respondents felt that silicone was the most commonly used material (p<0.003). 165 (57.7%) answered that waxes were the most commonly used impression material (p-value <0.001). Out of the respondents awared about treatment modalities, 120 (42%) respondents majority answered that CAD-CAM would contribute the most to maxillofacial rehabilitation. Conclusion: Comprehensive understanding and clinical application of prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillofacial defects among undergraduate students was found to be lacking. This awareness should be initiated at an early stage of the clinical training for undergraduate training programme, as it will help to understand the basic aspects involved in the prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillofacial defects.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/14243/46236_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AKA_KM)_PFA(AKA_KM)_PN(SL).pdfacquired abnormalitiescongenital abnormalitiesfacial disfigurement |
| spellingShingle | S Shreya Ramesh P Nayakar Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research acquired abnormalities congenital abnormalities facial disfigurement |
| title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Maxillofacial Defects and their Prosthetic Rehabilitation among Dental Undergraduate Students in Belagavi District- A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practices regarding maxillofacial defects and their prosthetic rehabilitation among dental undergraduate students in belagavi district a cross sectional study |
| topic | acquired abnormalities congenital abnormalities facial disfigurement |
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