Authors :
Dr. Grace Mary Joseph; Dr. Abraham Davis; Dr. Nandini Manjunath; Dr. Parimala Kumar
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 10 - October
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7325331
Abstract :
A pilot study was conducted to test and develop a
questionnaire which covers patients knowledge, level of
understanding towards periodontal therapy and also
their attitude towards practice of oral hygiene and to
assess the reasons for non -compliance of patients
towards dental treatment.
Materials and method : after due ethical clearance , a
total of 100 patients visiting the outpatient department
of periodontology, A.J institute of dental sciences,
Mangalore were explained about the study and were
asked to mark their response typed in scale to the
questionnaires prepared priorly. The study was
conducted for a period of 3 months .A total of 20
questions were divided into 3 sections to know about
patient knowledge about gum diseases , attitude towards
dental treatment , practice of oral hygiene measures and
to assess the reasons for the non compliance of patients
towards dental treatment . The response were recorded
on a 5 point Likert scale. The options given were
strongly agree(SA), agree(A), neither agree nor disagree,
disagree(D) and strongly disagree(SD).. Simple
descriptive statistics were applied to describe the study
variables
Results: Data collected showed that about 61% among
the population had knowledge about periodontal diseases
and around 70.6 % population had a positive attitude
towards periodontal therapy .Almost 59% of
participants were aware about the oral hygiene practices
but only 14% of themstrongly agreed that it is
necessary to visit dentist once in 6 month. On analyzing
the reasons for non compliance of patients towards
dental treatment ,it was mainly due to cost and pain
while undergoing the treatment. Patients visited mainly
due to bad breadth, yellowish discolouration of teeth,
sensitivity and because of pain.
Conclusion: This questionnaire based study showed that
we need to create more awareness among population
regarding the various types of periodontal diseases
,emphasize on advantages of advanced treatment options
and how the treatment helps in preventing further
periodontal destruction. To address the non compliance
due to cost ,patient’s canaware to avail reduction for
various treatment charges with the help of their utility
cards .The fear of pain can be diminished by proper
counselling and educating the professionals on
innovative painless treatment procedures.
Keywords :
awareness, level of understanding, knowledge, periodontal therapy
A pilot study was conducted to test and develop a
questionnaire which covers patients knowledge, level of
understanding towards periodontal therapy and also
their attitude towards practice of oral hygiene and to
assess the reasons for non -compliance of patients
towards dental treatment.
Materials and method : after due ethical clearance , a
total of 100 patients visiting the outpatient department
of periodontology, A.J institute of dental sciences,
Mangalore were explained about the study and were
asked to mark their response typed in scale to the
questionnaires prepared priorly. The study was
conducted for a period of 3 months .A total of 20
questions were divided into 3 sections to know about
patient knowledge about gum diseases , attitude towards
dental treatment , practice of oral hygiene measures and
to assess the reasons for the non compliance of patients
towards dental treatment . The response were recorded
on a 5 point Likert scale. The options given were
strongly agree(SA), agree(A), neither agree nor disagree,
disagree(D) and strongly disagree(SD).. Simple
descriptive statistics were applied to describe the study
variables
Results: Data collected showed that about 61% among
the population had knowledge about periodontal diseases
and around 70.6 % population had a positive attitude
towards periodontal therapy .Almost 59% of
participants were aware about the oral hygiene practices
but only 14% of themstrongly agreed that it is
necessary to visit dentist once in 6 month. On analyzing
the reasons for non compliance of patients towards
dental treatment ,it was mainly due to cost and pain
while undergoing the treatment. Patients visited mainly
due to bad breadth, yellowish discolouration of teeth,
sensitivity and because of pain.
Conclusion: This questionnaire based study showed that
we need to create more awareness among population
regarding the various types of periodontal diseases
,emphasize on advantages of advanced treatment options
and how the treatment helps in preventing further
periodontal destruction. To address the non compliance
due to cost ,patient’s canaware to avail reduction for
various treatment charges with the help of their utility
cards .The fear of pain can be diminished by proper
counselling and educating the professionals on
innovative painless treatment procedures.
Keywords :
awareness, level of understanding, knowledge, periodontal therapy
