Periodontal awareness in medical students of Andhra Pradesh, India - A Survey

---

Original Article

Author Details : Charishma Chowdary Ponugubati*, Raja V Murthy K, Trinath Kishore D, Ravichandra Ravi, Sandhya Pavan Kumar

Volume : 5, Issue : 2, Year : 2020

Article Page : 68-73

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijpi.2020.016

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Objective: To assess the awareness of periodontal disease, its treatment modalities and its possible 
association with systemic diseases/conditions, in medical students.
Materials and Methods: A customized questionnaire was designed for circulating among medical students
(Interns & post-graduates) of colleges in Andhra Pradesh and the data collected was analyzed.
Results: 493 medical students responded to the survey. Of these, a significant number understood that there
could be a probable link between periodontal disease and systemic illness/conditions, role of smoking in
periodontal disease as well as the treatment modalities of this disease.
Conclusion: The medical students surveyed demonstrated a moderate knowledge of periodontal disease,
and its role in the etiology and progression of systemic diseases.
Key Messages: To Evaluate the awareness of significance of periodontal health and disease in medical
students. Results demonstrate a moderate knowledge of periodontal disease in medical students.

Keywords: Survey, Periodontal medicine, Questionnaire.

How to cite : Ponugubati C C, Raja V Murthy K, Trinath Kishore D, Ravi R, Kumar S P, Periodontal awareness in medical students of Andhra Pradesh, India - A Survey. IP Int J Periodontol Implantol 2020;5(2):68-73

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.