Knowledge, attitude and Practice towards endodontic treatment among patients visiting to a private dental college in Patna.

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Dr. Shrishtee Priya, Dr. Divya Chowdhary

Background: Root canal treatment is one of the most feared procedures in all of dentistry. Various factors are responsible treatment choice of a

patient. The present study is conducted with the aim to explore knowledge, attitude towards endodontic treatment among patients visiting to a

private dental college. Materials and Methods: It is a cross–sectional, questionnaire, exploratory study. The random sampling was used. Every third

patient was included in the study and if the patient does not give the consent next patient was interviewed. The interview was conducted in 2

months. 235 patients were included in the survey. Interview schedule was conducted. Results: Majority of study subjects {102(43%)} were

between 18 to 27 years of age. Majority of study participants {128 (58%)} thought Root canal treatment to be filling of teeth which includes 92

(68%) of study participants which does not undergone Root Canal Treatment. Among all study participants 76 (56%) of patients who had not

undergone Root canal treatment thinks that Root canal treatment is painful while 71(71%) of study participants of patients who had undergone Root

canal treatment thinks that root canal treatment is not painful. Conclusion: From above it is concluded that better knowledge, positive attitude and

good practice regarding endodontic treatment was present in study subject who had the history of endodontic treatment.