Abstract
Introduction: There are more than 2 billion people worldwide who have evident recent or past HBV infection and chronic cases. Hepatitis B, C and D are transmitted by parental contact with infected body fluids including blood, semen, saliva , sweat and tears , invasive medical procedures using equipment which are contaminated with the virus , vertical transmission. Hepatitis B vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis B. The first dose is recommended within 24 hours of birth with either two or three more doses given after that. This includes those with immunisation such as from AIDS/HIV and those born premature. It is also recommended that health-care workers be vaccinated. In healthy people routine immunisation results in more than 96% of the people being protected.
 Aim: The aim of this study is to know the immunisation status and knowledge and awareness among dental practitioners.
 Materials and Methods: A survey was designed to analyse the result. The questionnaire was prepared in Google Forms (online survey link) and was distributed to 100 dental practitioners. The responses were then collected and statistically analysed using SPSS software.
 Results and Discussion: After discussing the results of the present study, it was seen that many were aware of hepatitis B vaccine. Limitations of this are that the population is small. Limitations seen in this study can be included in future research for better spread of awareness among the general public.
 Conclusion: From the study we can conclude that the majority of the dental practitioners are aware of hepatitis B vaccine and are aware of their vaccination status of hepatitis B.
Highlights
There are more than 2 billion people worldwide who have evident recent or past HBV infection and chronic cases
After discussing the results of the present study, it was seen that many were aware of hepatitis B vaccine
From the study we can conclude that the majority of the dental practitioners are aware of hepatitis B vaccine and are aware of their vaccination status of hepatitis B
Summary
There are more than 2 billion people worldwide who have evident recent or past HBV infection and chronic cases. Hepatitis B, C and D are transmitted by parental contact with infected body fluids including blood, semen, saliva , sweat and tears , invasive medical procedures using equipment which are contaminated with the virus , vertical transmission. The first dose is recommended within 24 hours of birth with either two or three more doses given after that This includes those with immunisation such as from AIDS/HIV and those born premature. C, and D are mainly transmitted by parental contact with infected body fluids together with blood, semen, saliva, sweat, and tears, invasive medical procedures and instrumentality that are contaminated with the virus[2], vertical transmission. Despite the provision and recommendation on hepatitis-B vaccination, the vaccination rates among dental professionals have remained systematically low in developing countries. Despite the provision and recommendation on hepatitis-B vaccination, the vaccination rates among dental professionals have remained systematically low in developing countries. the explanations for the suboptimal hepatitis-B vaccination rates among physicians embrace lack of chance, lack of motivation, lack of knowledge, lack of awareness, non-availability, high price of the vaccinum, worry of facet effects, worry of being recognized as a hepatitis-B carrier, lack of perceived would like for the vaccinum, and error of non-susceptibility to the infection[4].There conjointly existed no accord regarding vaccination rates among dental professionals within the literature as dental surgeons had higher vaccination rates than dental auxiliaries in some studies whereas dental auxiliaries had higher vaccination rates than dental surgeons in others[5]
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