Awareness About Lithium Disilicate Crowns Among Dental Students

The aim of this study is to determine the understanding regarding lithium disilicate crown among dental undergraduate students. It is to create awareness and determine the understanding of lithium disilicate crowns among dental undergraduate students. This study was conducted based on a questionnaire which consist of 10 questions through a web-linked application called Survey Monkey. A convenience sample size of 100 consecutive dental students who are currently practicing in Chennai participated in the study. The data was obtained and tabulated using Microsoft Excel software. The mentioned data were coded and transferred in to SPSS PC version 2.0 (IBM 2019) software for statistical analysis. Pearson Chi Square Test, was used to assess the association between the gender and the responses. As an overall result, most of the participants are aware of lithium disilicate crowns in dentistry. With in the limitations of the study, it is concluded that the majority of dental students have fair knowledge about lithium disilicate crowns. However, this study was limited to only one dental institute in Chennai and only 100 students participated. Further more, this study should be conducted in a larger scale area and sample size to get a proper overview regarding this topic with in dental students concerning the new advent technologies.