Abstract
29Mar 2017 PERIODONTAL AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS AND POSTGRADUATES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. Priyanka Vattivella , Rupasree Gundala , V. Krishna , G. Harikishan , Anusha G , S. Nishanthoury and M. Madhusudhan Rao. Post graduate student, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Reader, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Professor and HOD, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Professor, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Senior-lecturer, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
Highlights
2% have rated their knowledge regarding the association of periodontal disease with systemic diseases was excellent but 51.4 %know that periodontal disease is a risk factor for systemic diseases.About 25% never screened their patients for periodontal disease i.e. they were not prepared nor trained to screen periodontal diseases
The chronic elevation of inflammatory markers due to periodontitis might be associated with an increased risk of systemic diseases like cardiovascular disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease[5], diabetes mellitus[6] and adverse pregnancy outcomes[7,8]
Most of the participants i.e. 75% of medical interns and post graduates knows that poor oral health may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases but its percentage is less when compared to the results of Farah Asaad et al study in medical interns of Saudi Arabia i.e. 92.8%
Summary
PERIODONTAL AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS AND POSTGRADUATES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. Dr Priyanka Vattivella[1], Dr Rupasree Gundala[2], Dr V. Harikishan[4], Dr Anusha G5, Dr S. Nishanthoury[2] and Dr M. 1. Post graduate student, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra. 2. Reader, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. 3. Professor and HOD, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra. 4. Professor, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. 5. Senior-lecturer, Department of Periodontics, Lenora institute of dental sciences, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
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