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.
Materials & Methods: 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
Results: 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.
Conclusion: 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