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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sahni, Ankita Rehani, Shweta Mathias, Yulia Kardam, Priyanka Nagpal, Ruchi Kumari, Rashmi A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware? |
title | A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware? |
title_full | A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware? |
title_fullStr | A questionnaire survey on forensic odontology: Are we really aware? |
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? |
topic | Original Article |
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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