KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND AWARENESS REGARDING ZNO SUNSCREEN PROTECTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS
- Student(BDS),DepartmentofPublicHealthDentistry,MamataDental College,Khammam,India.
- Professor andHOD,Department ofPublicHealthDentistry,MamataDental College, Khammam, India.
- Professor,Department ofPublicHealthDentistry,MamataDentalCollege, Khammam,India.
- Reader,DepartmentofPublicHealthDentistry,MamataDentalCollege, Khammam,India.
- SeniorLecturer,Department of PublicHealthDentistry,MamataDental College, Khammam,India.
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Background:Zincoxidenanorods were employed as the primary ultra- violet protection agent in the formulation of sunscreens. Examination of ZnO powder through FESEM and TEM micrographs revealed the predominant presence of rod-like structures with a width range between 61-70 nm. Notably, sunscreens containing 20-40% (by weight) of ZnOnanorods exhibited significantly improved UV absorbance across both UVA and UVB spectra (280-400 nm). This study mainly aims to assess the Knowledge Attitude and Awareness Regarding ZnOnanorodsinSunscreenProtectionAmongUndergraduateDentalStudents.
Aim: Knowledge Attitude and Awareness Regarding ZnO Sunscreen Protection Among Undergraduate Dental Students.
Objective: Analyzing and determining the Knowledge Attitude and Awareness Regarding ZnO Sunscreen Protection Among Undergraduate Dental Students.
Method: A cross sectional study was conducted among the dental students (II,III, IV, interns) in a tertiary care teaching hospital,Khammam, using a web basedtool called forms pro, a semi-structural online questionnaire was designed and distributed to the students in order to fill.Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS verson-29..A p- value <0.05 was used to evaluate statistical significance.
Result: A total of 209 students took part with females (70.8%) and males (29.2%). Age of participants ranges from 19-25 years. In this study female students have more knowledge and awareness regarding ZnO Sunscreen Protection compared to males. Among all the students Interns have more knowledge, followed by IV-BDS, III-BDS and II-BDS.
Conclusion: The study result suggests that knowledge and awareness level of ZnO Sunscreen Protection is adequate.
[T. Maria Alphonsa Deepthi, K.V.N.R. Pratap, T. Madhavi Padma, V. Siva Kalyan and V. Srujan Kumar (2024); KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND AWARENESS REGARDING ZNO SUNSCREEN PROTECTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Feb). 457-462] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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