Correlation between bizygomatic and maxillary central incisor width for gender identification

Covid -19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered strain of coronavirus. As there is no vaccine discovered, the only way to prevent the spread is through following the practice of social isolation. But prolonged isolation may also lead to psychological stress and problems. The objective of the survey was to assess the knowledge and awareness of preventive measures against Covid 19 amongst small shop owners. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted amongst the small shop owners. A structured questionnaire comprising 15-17 questions had been put forth to assess the Covid 19 related knowledge and perception. The shopkeepers were contacted telephonically and responses recorded. The data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics. Although the majority of the population had a positive perception about the preventive measures against the Covid spread, 36% of the shopkeepers were not aware of the preventive measures against the Covid spread. This study found optimal knowledge and perception of the preventive measures against Covid spread among the shopkeepers but misinformation and misunderstanding still prevailing. The shopkeepers are crucial in the prevention of the spread of Covid 19 and educating them might aid us in the fight against Covid- 19.

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confidence: 99%

Awareness of the preventive measures against Covid -19 spread among small shop owners

Muralidharan¹,

Gheena²

2020

“…The previous studies on awareness PPE, safe handling, education, protective barriers (Krishnan, 2018;Sheriff and Santhanam, 2018) have led us to work on the importance of universal precaution while handling patients with blood-borne diseases. Many tooth-related studies which are used for identi ication and other disorders (Gunasekaran and R, 2016;Sukumaran and Padavala, 2018;Harrita and Santhanam, 2019;Abitha and Santhanam, 2019;Sarbeen and Gheena, 2016) have performed in dental students. Still, studies on knowledge about the importance of universal precaution have not been updated.…”

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confidence: 99%

Importance of the universal precautions among health care personnel and its impact against Covid-19 spread - A survey

Shankar

Ramasubramanian

Preetha

2020

Universal precautions are a vital standard set of rules applied to be followed by patients and doctors while carrying out any clinical procedure, but especially in patients with blood-borne diseases or infections. It is carried out to prevent the spread of infection from one person to another. Universal precautions are of great significance to medical personnel, where they expose themselves to numerous infectious diseases. The research aimed to assess and improve knowledge about universal precautions among health care personnel to reduce the rate of harmful exposure and infections among them. A questionnaire comprising 20 questions was created and circulated among 100 health care workers through the online platform "Google forms". The results were collected and analysed. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS. It was evident that many people were not aware of the seriousness of universal precautions. Fortunately, many medical personals followed and were aware of universal precaution to an extent. Universal precaution should be followed religiously and judiciously to prevent the spread of deadly diseases.

“…Therefore, it is very much necessary to be aware of these symptoms to diagnose the disease. Basically, the theory behind forensic odontology is that no two mouths are the same, even for identical twins (Harrita and Santhanam, 2019;Abitha and Santhanam, 2019), but all the viral diseases have identical symptoms. The normal cold will have running nose and congestion, which is not a symptom of another viral disease, hence people can take remedy for the same.…”

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confidence: 99%

Awareness of symptomatic differences Covid-19, SARS, Swine Flu, Common cold among dental students

Mahalingam

Ramasubramanian

Kavitha

2020

Enormous successes have been obtained against the control of major epidemic diseases, such as SARS, MERS, Ebola, Swine Flu in the past. Dynamic interplay of biological, socio-cultural and ecological factors, together with novel aspects of human-animal interphase, pose additional challenges with respect to the emergence of infectious diseases. The important challenges faced in the control and prevention of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases range from understanding the impact of factors that are necessary for the emergence, to development of strengthened surveillance systems that can mitigate human suffering and death. The aim of the current study is to assess the awareness of symptomatic differences between viral diseases like COVID-19, SARS, Swine flu and common cold among dental students that support the prevention of emergence or re-emergence. Cross-sectional type of study conducted among the undergraduate students comprising 100 Subjects. A questionnaire comprising 15 questions in total were framed, and responses were collected in Google forms in SPSS Software statistical analysis. The study has concluded that dental students have an awareness of the symptomatic differences between infectious viral disease. The study concluded that the awareness of symptomatic differences between viral diseases like COVID-19, SARS, Swine flu, Common cold is good among the dental students who would pave the way for early diagnosis and avoid spreading of such diseases. A further awareness can be created by regular webinars, seminars and brainstorming sessions among these healthcare professionals.