Knowledge and Perception of Patients toward Teeth Whitening Treatment in Salah Aldeen

Maha Arshed Hamdi, Tiba Badr Saber ALrifaie — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Strong tooth discoloration might present a significant aesthetic challenge, If left untreated, this discoloration may lead to psychological and social issues. The earliest attempts to whiten teeth date back longer than a decade and were primarily focused on finding a practical bleaching chemical to paint on stained teeth. Bleaching is regarded as a conservative aesthetic procedure for stained teeth, unlike laminate veneers or maybe all ceramic crowns which require an permanent tooth preparation.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient knowledge and attitudes concerning teeth whitening procedures and how those attitudes affected patients' decisions in Salahaddin city. Subject and methods: The current study, a cross-sectional survey, was conducted among the general population in Tikrit between November 15, 2021, and March 22, 2022

Results: The complete sample of study 303, 77.5% of female had got teeth whitening, while 33.7% of female experienced teeth whitening. 86.7% of those aged 30-35 years, 83.3% of those aged 25-29 years, 55.8% of those aged 20-24 years, 40% of those aged 15-19 years had undergone teeth whitening. 60.7% of patients are happy with their teeth appearance. 58.1% of patients are displeased with their teeth seem because of the color, 24% due to teeth appearance, 10.6% due to size, and 7.3% due to dental decay. 96.4% of patients have heard about teeth whitening. 45.5% of patients have undergone teeth whitening owing to improved esthetic, 27.1% due to tea and coffee.

“Analysis of Status and Perception of Diabetic and Hypertension Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Naresh Vashist — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Background: COVID-19 is transmitted from person to person and causes mild and lethal diseases in diabetic and hypertension patients, comparatively and takes about fourteen days to onset. In initial days of outbreak, deaths are due to comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases. Threat of a serious explosion due to lack of facilities for disinfection and treatments for diabetic and hypertension patients. It is important to assess perception of hypertension, diabetic and hypertension with diabetic patients, in identifying gaps and strengthening ongoing prevention and treatment efforts.

Objective: To analyse the status and perception of diabetic and hypertension patients during COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and Method: Data based study, in which cross-sectional survey is conducted from January, 1st 2020 onward, during COVID-19, from rural areas of Himachal Pradesh by well-developed questionnaire from diabetic and hypertension patients, responses are collected, recorded and consolidated detail is prepared.

Results: Total responses received during investigations are 5498 from the total population 29858. Males=47.82%, females= 52.18%. Normal persons = 82.78% and diabetes, hypertension and diabetes with hypertension patients =17.22%, maximum normal persons in age group 41-60 whereas diseased are in age group 61-80 and minimum normal as well as diseased, in age group 81-100. 74.60% people have knowledge about COVID-19, 18.93% have no knowledge and 6.47% have no-opinion. 79.60% have positive attitude whereas 15.86% have negative attitude and 4.54% have no opinion. The perception of respondents during complete lockdown, regarding COVID-19 is 83.75% positive, 13.38% negative and 2.87% have no-opinion and perception after lockdown is 74.38% positive, 18.62% negative and 7.00% have no-opinion.

Conclusion: WHO declared COVID-19 as public health emergency which causes morbidity and mortality in patients of DM, HTN and DM with HTN. These patients have enough knowledge, positive attitude about COVID-19 and have positive perception during and after lockdown in COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of Coastal Life Medicine

Knowledge and Perception of Patients toward Teeth Whitening Treatment in Salah Aldeen

“Analysis of Status and Perception of Diabetic and Hypertension Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic.”