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A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware?

INTRODUCTION: The role of a dentist is not only to examine and treat the oral diseases but also to assist the legal authorities by means of its branch—forensic odontology. Through forensic odontology, a dentist plays a very important role in crime investigation of any type. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the...

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Autores principales: Sahni, Ankita, Rehani, Shweta, Mathias, Yulia, Kardam, Priyanka, Nagpal, Ruchi, Kumari, Rashmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27555736
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.186377
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author Sahni, Ankita
Rehani, Shweta
Mathias, Yulia
Kardam, Priyanka
Nagpal, Ruchi
Kumari, Rashmi
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description INTRODUCTION: The role of a dentist is not only to examine and treat the oral diseases but also to assist the legal authorities by means of its branch—forensic odontology. Through forensic odontology, a dentist plays a very important role in crime investigation of any type. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the knowledge, awareness, and interest of forensic odontology among the dental teaching staff who are working in the dental colleges within the Delhi NCR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire of 12 questions (both open-ended and close-ended) was prepared and the survey was conducted with 200 dental teaching staff. RESULTS: A sufficient knowledge but poor awareness and interest among the dental teaching staff was observed. CONCLUSION: The study highlighted that although dental teaching staff themselves have sound knowledge regarding forensic odontology, their awareness and interest need to be upgraded on a regular basis. The success of acquiring such extensive knowledge would be valid if better job opportunities in these fields would be increased.
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spelling pubmed-49704122016-08-23 A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware? Sahni, Ankita Rehani, Shweta Mathias, Yulia Kardam, Priyanka Nagpal, Ruchi Kumari, Rashmi J Forensic Dent Sci Original Article INTRODUCTION: The role of a dentist is not only to examine and treat the oral diseases but also to assist the legal authorities by means of its branch—forensic odontology. Through forensic odontology, a dentist plays a very important role in crime investigation of any type. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the knowledge, awareness, and interest of forensic odontology among the dental teaching staff who are working in the dental colleges within the Delhi NCR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire of 12 questions (both open-ended and close-ended) was prepared and the survey was conducted with 200 dental teaching staff. RESULTS: A sufficient knowledge but poor awareness and interest among the dental teaching staff was observed. CONCLUSION: The study highlighted that although dental teaching staff themselves have sound knowledge regarding forensic odontology, their awareness and interest need to be upgraded on a regular basis. The success of acquiring such extensive knowledge would be valid if better job opportunities in these fields would be increased. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4970412/ /pubmed/27555736 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.186377 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sahni, Ankita
Rehani, Shweta
Mathias, Yulia
Kardam, Priyanka
Nagpal, Ruchi
Kumari, Rashmi
A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware?
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title_full_unstemmed A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware?
title_short A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware?
title_sort questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: are we really aware?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27555736
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.186377
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