Knowledge and fear for dental treatments due to Covid-19

Abstract

Covid 19 have created severe worries, fear & anxiety among every individual. Production of aerosols during various dental procedure have definitive potential of transmitting covid 19 to one another. After three phases of COVID pandemic in India, there is lot of changes and challenges in health care services. The dental treatment have became an issue which need to be well addressed. Out of 500 individual only 410 individual gave their consent for the study. Offline questionnaire survey was conducted among adults above 21 years. The questionnaire included their demographic details and question related to their knowledge and fear of undergoing dental treatment during this pandemic situation. Among 410 individual who participated in the study, 21% of the individual had covid symptoms. 35% told that they are afraid of dental treatment during pandemic where as 45% almost half the individual said they will take the treatment if its only emergency. The main reason for this fear was infection that they can get while getting treated or while in a dental clinic or hospital. The fear of dental treatment during pandemic is not that high. This may be due to recent advances in dental procedure and sterilization. The knowledge of maintaining good oral care is been adapted by maximum individual.