AWARENESS ON COVID SHIELD PROTOCOLS AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS- A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Abstract

Introduction: The coronavirus unwellness (COVID-19) could be a recently discovered virus infection that started in Wuhan, China, and caused the eruption of respiratory disease. Health specialists have competed for a key role. The dental clinic is not an exception for a similar possibility of transmitting and acquiring the infection between staff or individuals.

Materials and methods: A questionnaire of 10 was created and entered in the online survey creator ‘Google Forms’ and shared among dental students of about 100. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software version 23. Statistical tests used were descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: 77.61% were aware of symptoms caused by COVID. 49.25% were aware of the mode of transmission, p value= 0.083. 35.82% were aware of precautions to be taken, p value= 0.083. p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Conclusion: Participants in this were aware of COVID-19 symptoms, mode of transmission, and infection controls and measures in dental clinics. However, dentists had limited comprehension of the extra precautionary measures that protect the dental staff and other patients from COVID-19.