EVALUTION OF GENERAL DENTISTS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INDICATIONS OF STAINLESS STEEL CROWN AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN AND APPLY THESE TECHNIQUES AT OFFICE

Dental caries is one of the most common child illnesses, and each year the number of teeth loss due to caries development. Given the destructive nature of the caries, fast treatment is necessary to prevent future tooth decay in order to improve the overall oral health. According to what was said above, the use of stainless steel crown (SSC) in pediatric dentistry is very important and many dental associations do insist on using it. Unfortunately, some dentists are less likely to use it. The aim of this study was the evaluation of general dentists’ knowledge about the indications of SSC and their willingness to learn and apply these techniques at office.
This cross-sectional study was performed on all Urmia dentists that work in an office .A questioner was performed in two sections (personal information and questions about SSC) and dentists answered it. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and Pearson correlation coefficient. The dentists were 80 male and 48 females and the mean age was 42.66 years old, and the mean time passed from their graduation was 15.05 years
So 128 dentists (80 males and 48 females) participated in this study. Fourteen questions were proposed in the area of knowledge. 44 dentists had moderate awareness. The remaining 84 dentists all had good knowledge. There was no significant correlation between graduation and the age of dentists with knowledge. While the relationship between the knowledge and the training college was significant. But relations between the sexes was not statistically significant but the awareness was higher in men than in women.
The results indicated that knowledge of dentists in Urmia about SSC was sufficient, but the use of SSC was low. Therefore we recommend some organized educational programs in this field.