NEO DENTIST AT FUTURE CROSS ROADS: A SURVEY

Abstract

Face in general is an index of personality. Facial appearance has a great impact on overall self esteem of an individual and dentists have a vital role in enhancing their patient’s personality. It’s not just a tooth treating profession but a personality developing profession. Despite being a lucrative job, recent trend has shown an attitude change in student’s persuing dentistry. Hence a questionnaire based study was conducted in Jaipur Dental College to access the attitude of young dentist’s regarding their knowledge, thinking and future goals.

Aim: The aim is to bring the sufferings of dental graduates in light of the peers of the community to take some tough decisions to curb the menace. Material and Method: A questionnaire related to various aspects of dentistry was prepared. After obtaining proper written permission from the college authorities, the questions were answered in hard copy format of the questionnaire. Results: The questionnaire results revealed that only half of the dentists have chosen their profession by their own will whereas others have been into the profession by either parents will or some other reasons.

Keywords: Questionnaire, dental graduates, establishments