The Need of Forensic Odontology in Dental Curriculum-The Student Perspective.

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Thiru Kumaran
Dr.Gheena S
Dr. Abirami arthanari

Keywords

Forensic odontology, Innovation in dentistry, dental students, awareness, survey.

Abstract

Introduction: Forensic dentistry is a unique science dealing with the forensic technological know-how entailing the identification of deceased people through the assessment of ante- and autopsy records. From AD sixty six until date, dental identity has proved essential in figuring out deceased people, the primary case being normal with the aid of using the regulation withinside the 12 months 1849, currently forensic odontology has advanced as a brand new ray of wish in helping forensic remedy, however this essential and indispensable discipline of forensic remedy continues to be in a kingdom of infancy in India.
Aim: To know the importance of forensic odontology in dental curriculum.
Materials And Methods: The self-structured questionnaire was prepared to check the need of forensic odontology in dental curriculum. The questionnaire contained 10 questions. The sample size of this survey was 100. The filled responses were verified by two reviewers and the collected data was entered on the same day. The entered data was analysed using SPSS. Descriptive analysis was performed to calculate frequencies of categorical variables.


Results: The association between gender and uses of oral cavity to obtain DNA was done using chi square test ( Pearsons’s Chi square test value : 0.304 ,DF value : 1 and p = 0.58 ; p> 0.05 which is found to be statistically not significant. In both genders there is a similar level of awareness.
Conclusion: Forensic medicine is a very important branch of the study of odontology that might assist in resolving cases of abuse and deaths. bigger information and awareness of rhetorical medicine among the dental practitioners would be needed within the growing field of drugs.

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