Background: Self-medication is one of the major health concerns worldwide, and the World Health Organization has laid emphasis on correctly investigating and controlling it. Self-medication turns public and professional concern regarding imprudent practices, which has dramatically increased during the past few decades, especially in the developing countries. Aim and Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the self-medication practice for oral and dental health problems among adult dental patients in a teaching hospital, and the objective was to find the association between self-medication and ignorance in seeking dental treatment among those patients. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted among 100 participants with 50 males and 50 females from outpatient block, with various oral health problems. Results: The prevalence of practice of self-medication was 87% among dental patients irrespective of their oral health problem and was 70.1%, which was exclusively for oral health problems among those 87%. About 44.2% of the respondents answered that the professional operative procedures weaken the teeth, and about 24.5% of the respondents fear that dentists prescribed drugs would cause side effects, and this might be the reason behind these patients undertaking self-medication which was highlighted in this study. Conclusion: The increased prevalence of self-medication in this study was alarming with analgesics being the most commonly used drug without even considering the toxic effects of it. This study emphasized that there is a paramount need for educational programs on the public associated with indiscriminate usage of drugs in which all health-care providers including pharmacists should play a vital role, and the government should also emphasize on formulating new techniques on the sale of drugs which could reach both literate and illiterate individuals.

Background: The extensive blowout of COVID-19 globally increases the probability that dental health care professionals will treat this subset of the patient population. If this virus follows the same pattern of other coronavirus infections it is anticipated to indisputably persists as a less virulent infection in our population with milder symptom. Hence, dental students are urged to have thorough knowledge, and keep themselves updated with the practice guidelines regarding this disease. Aims and Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge, awareness, and their influence on the attitude concerning the emergent pandemic COVID-19 among postgraduates (PGs), interns, and undergraduate (UG) dental students. Materials and Methods: A 21 closed-ended questionnaire was framed with three sections which included knowledge, awareness, and attitude which was face and content validated and circulated in Google form among study participants via various social media forums. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 20.0. Results: A total of 316 responses were obtained in which 11 unfilled or partially filled responses were excluded and 305 responses were included for analysis. PGs had more knowledge, awareness, and attitude than interns, followed by UGs. Conclusion: This survey not only recorded the knowledge, awareness, and attitude among the future dental professionals but also acts an indicator of the need for amendments to combat the lacunae especially in the learning dentist population to intensify upcoming dental practice in the post pandemic era.

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) provides a detailed analysis of the dentition and of cortical and medullary bone free of superimposition inherent in radiographs, which are effortlessly plausible, easily available, and relatively inexpensive when compared with other cross-sectional imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This article presents a case report of a 23-year-old male patient with a complaint of a mass in the right side lower back tooth region for the past 2 and a half months, which had the unusual presentation of prominent exophytic growth masking the central odontogenic tumor, wherein the diagnostic performances of CBCT in unveiling the diagnostic challenge that led to the clinical dilemma is emphasized. Routine radiographs such as orthopantomogram, mandibular occlusal view were taken along with CBCT, which accentuated the precise diagnosis in this case. The lesion was surgically enucleated with curettage and extraction of the involved teeth. CBCT unveiled the classic multilocularity of ameloblastoma, which routine imaging failed to display. CBCT played a pivotal role in counteracting the diagnostic challenges faced and also in distinguishing it from a cystic lesion that was initially deceived by routine two-dimensional radiographs.