The Internship Dentists Knowledge About Dry Socket

Abstract

Objective: To assess the knowledge of dry socket among internship dentists, and to reduce the incidence in future.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Oral Pathology department, Foundation University college of Dentistry and Hospital, Foundation University Islamabad from March 2021 to June 2021.

Materials and Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on dental internee residents of Rawalpindi & Islamabad. A questionnaire-based Performa was distributed among 200 dental internees. An informed consent was obtained from the participants. Inclusion & exclusion criteria were chalked out and followed. Results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and analyzed by SPSS version 20 software.

Results: 74.5% of internees considered traumatic extraction whereas 25.5% considered bacterial infection as a cause of dry socket. 86% of internees agreed that dry socket occurs more frequently in mandible than maxilla.14.5% of participants considered analgesics not to be effective in management whereas 19.5 % of participants lacked in their knowledge regarding analgesics.

Conclusion: Within the confines of our study, the knowledge of our dental internees about alveolar osteitis is acceptable. But we need a proper integration of different subjects to enhance student’s knowledge, concepts and their implementation in patient management under the umbrella of a separate Dental education department.