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Generic medicine is a pharmaceutical drug which contains the same active ingredients as a branded drug in terms of strength, dosage, route of administration, quality, safety, performance characteristics, and therapeutic use. Generic medicine plays a major role in providing affordable medicines to patients. This systematic review was done to identify the knowledge regarding generic medicine prescription among dental and medical professionals worldwide. The search was performed in four databases PubMed, Turning Research Into Practice database (Trip database), Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar to identify the relevant articles with specific keywords and the time filter was February 2012 to February 2022. Finally we included 11 cross-sectional studies. However, generic prescribing is not very much adopted in India due to a lack of awareness about regulatory standards used in generic drug manufacturing. Based on this, the systematic review found that limited knowledge and negative perception among medical and dental professionals about generic medicine are clearly a major barrier to the implementation of generic medicine.

Aim:The aim of this study is to evaluate the occurrence of dental injuries among kabaddi players, the level of knowledge of the participants about preventive measures and management of dental trauma. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, among 100 players aged 16-25 years. A structured interviewer-guided questionnaire was used to determine the prevalence of oral injuries sustained during sports activities, the use of mouthguard and the athlete's awareness regarding the use of mouthguard. Results: The respondents consisted of males (84%) and females (16%) with a mean age of 18.5 years. Out of the total participants, 29% had chipping or fracture of teeth, 100% had soft-tissue laceration, 12% had avulsion of teeth, and 30% had suffered fracture of jaw/bones. Nearly 5% knew that it was possible to replant the teeth. 83% did not know what is the best time to put the teeth back in the mouth, 91% answered that they would carry avulsed tooth in water, 3% wrapped in cloth, and 6% answered others. Nearly 42% were aware that mouthguards prevent injury. Nearly 3% used mouthguards. Conclusion: Level of awareness and knowledge about sports-related orofacial injury are very poor among kabaddi players in Madurai. Education on the prevention of orofacial trauma should be given to the coaches and players. Wearing of mouthguards during sports activity should be compulsory during practice and competition events.