Dental Students Perception Towards Dress Code in a Private Dental Institution
Mukkera Harshini
BDS Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, India
K. V. N. R. Prathap
Professor & HoD, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, India
T. Madhavi Padma
Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, India
V. Siva Kalyan
Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, India
V. Surjan Kumar
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College, Khammam, India
ABSTRACT:
Background: “Fashion is one of the world’s oldest fountains of youth,” as “with every new garment, one discovers a new self”. Human behavior is changing due to changing trends and generation needs, new movements collide with older thoughts and influences from different streams of thought are always brought into contact with established belief changing the balance and center of gravity of opinion. However, clothing affects several kinds of judgments people make. Aim: To know the attitude of dental students towards the current professional dental dress code and identify perceived appropriate dress code for dental students. Objectives: 1) To determine perception of dental students towards dress code in private dental institution among undergraduate students based on gender. 2) To determine perception of dental students towards dress code in private dental institution among undergraduate students-based year of study. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the dental Students (I, II, III, IV, interns) in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Khammam, using a web- based tool 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 205 students took part with females (56.6%) and males (43.4%). Age of participants ranges from 18 To 25. In this study female students have more knowledge on how to study effectively than males. Knowledge on effective study methods is higher among the interns followed by IV BDS followed by Ill BDS followed by Il BDS followed by I BDS students. Conclusion: The study revealed variation in preference of students and their negative attitude towards professional dress code. be used as a template.
Published in: International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management (Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2024)
Page(s): 50-68
Date of Publication: 17/12/2024
Publisher: IJRESM
Cite as: Mukkera Harshini, K. V. N. R. Prathap, T. Madhavi Padma, V. Siva Kalyan, V. Surjan Kumar, “Dental Students Perception Towards Dress Code in a Private Dental Institution,” in International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 50-68, December 2024.