期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：2
页码：8614-8626
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Introduction and One of the most common clinical conditions in general dentistry is the appearance of patients with dental restorations that have slight flaws. Repairing such restorations rather than replacing them is becoming more common as a feasible alternative to replacing the damaged restoration. The main aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of repair or replacement of defective composite restoration among dental undergraduates. 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 undergraduate students. The responses were then collected and statistically analysed using SPSS software version 22.0. Descriptive statistics and Chi square test was done to study the association. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results: 69.90% of the participants were aware of repair or replacement of composite and 57.28% had knowledge about the indications and techniques of composite repair. There was no significant association of year of study with awareness and knowledge on indications and techniques of repair of composite (p value> 0.05). Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, we can conclude that the majority of the dental undergraduates had adequate knowledge and awareness on the repair and replacement of defective composite restorations, and the majority knew about the indication and techniques used to replace a defective composite restoration.
