OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG DENTISTS IN KARACHI

Abstract

Introduction: To study the occupationally related complications among dentist in Karachi. Regarding collective
occupational health problems and the safety measure they commonly take during their practice. So the current
study was to manuscript and assess dentist health illness and point out disorders.
Methodology: A questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 220 dentists , amongst the dentists working in a private & public dental clinic in Karachi. The dentists were requested to fill questionnaire and return ,
which was designed to evaluate dentist and to rule out the existing complaints about their health. The questionnaire was designed few open as well as some structured questions. A statistical analysis was assumed by means
of MS Office, Excel and SPSS version 16.0 software package, with figures evaluated using descriptive and analytical methods.
Result: The feedback proportion of the dentists was 81.8%. The most common difficult experienced was musculoskeletal pain (65.8%) mainly in the neck, lower back, another issue was allergic dermatitis of the hands (8.7%) ,
though almost all of the defendant dentists wore gloves 100% and face masks 96.8% during the work.
Conclusion: The prevalence of hand skin problem and musculoskeletal problems are high and influence mostly on dentists
’daily lives. (There seems to be a large claim for continuing education in occupational health and safety. More stress on this
matter awareness concerning the importance of work-related risk factors.