Abstract
Background: Awareness of our specialty among people in our part of the world is very interesting. It is important for all the stakeholders (patients, medical community) to know the importance and various procedures that are done by our specialty. Objectives: The objective of the study was to find out the familiarity of our specialty with respect to the various procedures performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Methods: Study included 917 patients visiting our institution, dental students from first to final year and interns, medical students of various years and medical specialists of our medical college. Findings: It was found out during the study that most of the patients were not aware of the various procedures done by oral maxillofacial surgeons. It was same with the dental students with the awareness increasing as they reach their internship. The medical students also had the same opinion and medical colleagues expressed surprise about some of the procedures done by us. Conclusion: This presentation will discuss various efforts taken by individual maxillofacial surgeons and our association to popularise our specialty among our medical colleagues and the general public.
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