Perception Among Dental Health Care Workers on Use of Biomimetic Materials in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics.

Abstract

Introduction:

Dentistry was one of the fields where biomimetic methods were thoroughly investigated. Our goal was to assess the amount of knowledge and willingness to use these materials among general practitioners, endodontists, and postgraduate students of endodontics and dental interns in the Qassim region.

Methodology: The cross-sectional study was carried out among two dental clusters, of Qassim region among the four groups of postgraduate students, Operative dentist, General practitioners & Interns. To measure the awareness and attitude, a study-specific questionnaire of 10 questions was used. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS statistic version 25, chi square test and Fisher's exact test have been utilized.

Results: The majority of dental health care workers 92 (92.0) were aware about the use of biomimetic material in dentistry.  The knowledge about biomimetic material was found to significantly high among Operative Dentist/ Endodontist 20 (90.0), followed by dental intern 28 (70.0) and general dentist 19 (63.3).

Conclusion: Based on the opinions of the majority of dental healthcare professionals, the current study supports the use of biomimetics and applications in the field of restorative dentistry.