International Dental Journal of Student Research

74-76

Authors: Shalu Jain*,Stuti Mohan,Pradeep Raghav,Sumit Aggarwal,Neelu Garg

After the completion of under or post graduate studies, one is always in dilemma whether to pursue career in academic field or to open up their own practice. In today’s circumstances, it is well know that getting a job in dental field is very difficult so the best alternative left is to open up one’s own practice. Although, it sounds to be an easy task but in reality it is not. It encompasses major steps and challenges to open up a successful dental practice in India. In literature, most of the researches are available for practice management but very few published data is present regarding how to actually start and build up a dental practice. Thus, every fresh dentist should know all the important points beforehand that have to be followed strategically step by step in opening up a dental practice.

79-80

Authors: Ashvini Vadane*,Hassaan Kazi,Amit Sangle

The size of tooth and appearance are being easily noticed. The crown of the tooth is being affected by the majority of pathological variations in the morphology of tooth. Variations in the morphology of tooth have been a topic of interest to dentists since long time.1 We report here, two rare cases of four-rooted maxillary third molar and three-rooted mandibular third molar. Extraction of such type of teeth is considered to be a difficult task. We had managed extraction of these teeth with absence of any postoperative complications and teeth were being extracted in-toto.

85-91

Authors: Anuradha Arun Khakre,Anup Shelke,Vijaykumar Girhe,Kshama Chandurkar,Rohit Kulshrestha*

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) being a common metabolic disorder constitutes a global public health burden. As evidence from clinical research showing a strong relationship between DM & periodontal disease is mounting, this necessitates the global awareness about this relationship. Aim: Aim of the study is to assess the level of awareness about the mutual relationship between DM & periodontitis among high risk age group of the diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: A structured, closed ended questionnaire either in English or in local language were distributed and collected from 302 diabetic patients who are willing to participate in the study. The clinical implication of our study is to check the awareness of relationship between DM and periodontitis in these patients & recommend diabetic patients to see the dentist regularly. Results: Majority of patients (83.4%) of patient were not advised by their treating physician about regular dental checkup after being diagnosed as having Diabetes. After recording OHIS index it was observed that 44.2% of the population was unaware about the severity of disease. Conclusion: There is an insufficient knowledge among diabetes mellitus individuals about the mutual relationship between diabetes and periodontitis. To promote proper oral health and to reduce the risk of oral diseases, health professionals in both the dental and medical fields need to take responsibility for educating the public about the oral manifestations of diabetes and its complications.