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PROSTHODONTIC INTERDEPENDENCE: A CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY
*Dr. Rajeswari C. L. M.D.S., Dr. Srivatsa G. M.D.S., and Dr. Supriya Manvi M.D.S, PhD
ABSTRACT
Purpose: An independent working environment poses difficulty in meeting a patient’s dental demands. Therefore, Interdependence has thrived high in the field of dentistry. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to find the percentage of Prosthodontic out patient’s Interdependence with the other departments attending KLE Dental College. Materials and Methods: The Prosthodontic referral out patient’s cards were collected for three years (January-2015 to Dec-2017) and categorized into Completely maxillary and mandibular edentulous arches(Group-A), Single maxillary or mandibular edentulous arches with or without opposing partially edentulous arches(Group-B) and Partially edentulous arches(Group-C). Each Prosthodontic patient’s registration card was verified for the number of times he/she was referred to other departments and was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The results revealed that more interdependence was seen in Group-C followed by Group-B and Group-A. In Group-A patient, dependence was more with oral Medicine (8.44%), oral surgery (7.51%) and oral pathology(1.06%) departments. Group-B patients’ dependence was more with Periodontics (44.73%), oral surgery (28%), oral medicine (19.28%), conservative (17.81%) and oral pathology (2.54%) departments. With Group-C the reference was more with Periodontics (36.83%), followed by oral medicine (27.73%) conservative (25.37%), oral surgery (15.18%), orthodontics (0.9%) and oral pathology (0.6%), departments. These results were in consistently increasing in the next consecutive two years (2016 & 2017) in the same interdependent proportion. Conclusion: Prosthodontic patient’s Interdependence was more in Group-C followed by Group-B and Group-A. Among the groups Interdependence was more with Periodontics, followed by oral medicine, conservative, oral surgery, and least with oral pathology, and orthodontics departments.
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