Aim: Conscious sedation is one of the evolving techniques in dentistry. It is useful to deliver treatment to patients without discomfort and it is non-invasive. The use of conscious sedation is found to be increasing day by day in the dental practice. Hence the present study was conducted to assess knowledge and attitude regarding the use of conscious sedation for dental procedures among the interns of dental colleges in Chennai.
Material and Methods: A cross sectional web based survey was conducted among 123 interns of various dental colleges in Chennai. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from the study participants by creating a link in Google and responses were obtained.
Result: Majority (96.7%) were aware that conscious sedation could be used as an alternative technique to achieve anaesthesia in delivering dental procedure. Although 87.8% of them have been taught about conscious sedation in their curriculum, most of them (83.70%) had not assisted dentists/anaesthetists at the time of delivering conscious sedation. More than two third of the responders have not attended any Continuing Dental Education (CDE) programs regarding conscious sedation.
Conclusion: Knowledge about the conscious sedation is less among the target population and their attitude for gathering information is high.
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