KAP Survey On The Usefulness Of Magnification During Dental Procedures Amongst Specialists And General Dental Practioners

Introduction: The magnification plays a major role in learning, teaching and treatment of the patients with microanatomy structures, narrower canals and instrument retrieval etc. In the past fifteen years, there has been a greater explosion of new instruments, technologies and various new materials in the field of endodontics. One of those advances is magnification, this helps the clinician to perform extremely talented [1, 2]. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of specialists and general dentists on the usefulness of magnification. Methods: It was a cross sectional questionnaire study conducted, questionnaire were formulated and sent through social sources to general dentists and specialists. A total of 101 dental practitioners underwent this survey. A 15 item questionnaire was generated to measure the knowledge, attitude and practice of dental practitioners in the usefulness of magnification. Results: 46% of study participants are general dentists,followed by 29% of endodontists. On applying Pearson's correlation, it was determined that the knowledge regarding magnification was significantly (p<0.01) correlated to attitude and practice among study participants. On applying anova test, it was assessed that the practice among study participants was statistically significant (p<0.05) between the groups. Conclusion: From the above results, it is concluded that the poor knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the magnification. The knowledge regarding the magnification was significantly associated with the attitude and practice of the study participants. The endodontists participants had a significant effect on the knowledge regarding the magnification