Objective: To determive the frequent of myths and remedies rampant among the patients visiting a private teaching dental hospital. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study at SBDC Peshawar, Pakistan, of patients coming to the hospital in months of Sept-Oct 2019. They were questioned about wrong beliefs, erroneous remedies and fake news among the masses. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16. Results: The sample comprised of 250 adults with 66.8% males and 33.2% females. Mean age was found to be 29.87 with a SD of 11.36. Most common beliefs were that whiter teeth are sign of healthy teeth (77.3%) and intake of antibiotics is mandatory after every extraction and RCT (66.8%). Many believed that scaling can weaken teeth (44%) and amalgam can cause cancer (40.8%). did regular dental checkups were not regarded important by 40.8%. A large number of female population (51.8%) believed in false remedies like treating a painful tooth with clove oil, aspirin and salt water rinses. Conclusion: There is wide spread of misconception in public about oral health care and what constitutes a healthy dentition as well as the proper management of oral health diseases.

Objective: To determine attitude of dental surgeons regarding radiation protection in teaching dental hospitals of Peshawar. Materials and Methods: It was a cross sectional study, carried out in all the teaching dental hospitals of Peshawar. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed amongst all the house officers who were present and willing to participate in the study. The questionnaire included both open and close ended questions regarding radiation protection. Descriptive data was analyzed using frequency tables and categorical variables was analyzed using chi-square test. Results: Majority of house officers reported that they remain in the room with the patients while taking the radiographs, most of them belonging to a public dental college i.e. (74%). Only 7% from the public sector dental hospital reported that they wear protective lead apron as compared to private dental teaching hospitals i.e. Private teaching hospital A, (35%) and B (37%). Regarding ALARA guidelines for radiation safety, none of the participant form the public dental college was aware, while less than 10 % of participants from the private dental hospitals were aware. Majority of the participants were unsatisfied with the radiation protection measures provided at their institutes. Conclusion: This study concluded that attitude regarding radiation protection standards amongst house officers in teaching dental hospitals of Peshawar requires marked improvement to prevent radiation related hazards.

The objective of this study was to assess misconceptions, hesitancy and efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine among Faculty, House Officers (HO) and Postgraduates (PG) dental trainees towards the novel COVID-19 vaccine and to assess the association between COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and conspiracy beliefs. A cross sectional study was conducted on 150 participants from Sardar Begum Dental hospital, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A self-administered questionnaire was developed with questions related to perception of participants regarding misconceptions, safety, hesitancy and efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccination. The questionnaire comprised of 26 closed-ended questions. Data was analyzed using SPSS statistical package 26.0. More than half of the participants (87.3%) reported to be tested positive for COVID-19 at some point. Majority of participants (87.3%) reported that they were vaccinated and 86.7% reported that they had post-vaccination reactions such as pain in arm, fever and body aches. A notable number of participants that were part of the study believed in the misconceptions related to the COVID-19 vaccine. This study concluded that despite widespread vaccination awareness campaigns, significant number of dental surgeons believed in misconceptions regarding COVID-19 vaccination that may pose a significant challenge to Pakistan's COVID-19 immunization program.

Objetive: The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive, multifaceted assessment of the attitudes of dentists and the dominant factors influencing their decisions regarding antibiotic prescription guidelines and applications in the dental teaching hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan. Material and Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to 250 dental practitioners working in the four main teaching dental hospitals in Peshawar. Dental practitioners were asked to provide answers to parameters influencing their decision towards the need to prescribe antibiotics. The questionnaire further aimed to evaluate how aware the dental clinicians were of antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines and whether they considered themselves adequately trained and confident while prescribing the said medications. Results: Out of the 250 questionnaires sent to the practitioners, 219 (88%) forms were returned. From the total, 109 (49.8%) of the respondents were males, and 23% of the dentists were found to prescribe antibiotics to their patients upon their insistence and antibiotic selection was found to be done based on the patient’s socio-economic status. A considerable percentage of the respondents (71%) preferred to rely on an expert opinion from their seniors or professors for prescribing the correct antibiotics while 30% of the respondents were found to prescribe them empirically. The survey further explored the dental practitioners’ knowledge on calculating the dose of the selected antibiotic based on a patient’s height and weight where only 19% of the respondents were found to present with some factual knowledge. The questionnaire also reviewed the dental practitioners’ awareness regarding antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines; 72% responded positively, 42% admitted to not using the guidelines in their routine clinical practice while 84% of the respondents confirmed unawareness towards the use of any guidelines. Conclusion: There seems to be a clear defect in the education and awareness of dentists concerning antibiotic guidelines influencing their attitudes and this study highlights the importance of gauging the severity of this problem.

More than half of Pakistan’s population resides in rural areas with lower average incomes than urban areas. Oral health issues are more prevalent in populations with lower economic status and are more prone to have periodontal problems. A cross-sectional study of the adult population of rural area chosen from among those present at the time of data collection. Sampling Technique was non-probability. A self-administered interview-based questionnaire concerning oral health behavior and attitudes.  56% of the participants reported bleeding from their gums, 51.6% had perceived halitosis and a majority, 78%, indicated that their teeth needed cleaning. Regarding the frequency of brushing, the majority (41.2%) cleaned their teeth once daily. The majority (36%) used Miswak followed by Soft Brushes (32%) as their preferred cleaning tool. 38% of the participating populous used their brush till it became useless 38%.The association of bleeding from gums with Type of brush, perceived halitosis and how often the participants changed their brush was found to be statistically significant. An association between halitosis and how a brush was changed was found to be statistically significant. The people of Pishtakhara Bala had a poor oral health status and while a part of the population practices oral hygiene maintenance, more than half of the population had bleeding gums and halitosis.