Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
ISSN 1829-006X
2025; 313–321
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EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF DENTAL STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS SALIVA AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL – A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY

Pushpak Shah*, Punnya V V, Chetan Belaldavar

KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER), Belgaum-590010, Karnataka, INDIA. · KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER), Belgaum-590010, Karnataka, INDIA

Received: 2026-04-08 · Published: 2025-10-08

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EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF DENTAL STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS SALIVA AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL – A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY
Authors
Pushpak Shah, Punnya V V, Chetan Belaldavar
Source journal
Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
Published
2025-10-08
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.58240/1829006X-2025.21.10-313

Abstract

Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of Dental Students and Professionals towards Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool – A questionnaire study. Background: Early disease detection is essential for preventing complications that could adversely affect a patient’s quality of life. Over the years, molecular diagnostics have used biofluids like blood, cerebrospinal fluid and urine to detect the biomarkers for disease diagnosis. Saliva provides many advantages like non-invasive and easy collection, untrained medical staff, multiple sample collection, minimal cross contamination, commercially available screening assays etc. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among dental students and professionals. Materials And Methods: 21 multiple choice questionnaire was prepared and circulated among peers for validation. An online survey was created using google forms and distributed among dental students and professionals. Data was tabulated in Excel spreadsheets. Imported to SPSS software version 2.0 and statistical analysis were performed. Frequency, percentage, chi square test and Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient was performed. Conclusion: While many people are aware of saliva-based diagnostics, their views on how effective, accurate, and reliable they are vary widely.
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