Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Effectiveness of Probiotics among General Dentists and Postgraduates: A Cross-sectional Study

Background and Aim To assess the knowledge attitude and practice regarding the effectiveness of probiotics among general dentists and postgraduates.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 subjects and an online google form was used to collect the data. The questionnaire consisted of 15 questions among which five questions were related to knowledge five questions were attitude based and the remaining five questions were related to practice. Chi square test was used to compare the distribution of responses to knowledge attitude and practice based questions.Results Overall the mean knowledge scores among general practitioners and postgraduates were 2.99plusmn1.673 3.32plusmn1.514 respectively mean attitude scores were 2.28plusmn1.678 2.29plusmn1.579 and mean practice scores were 2.83plusmn1.378 3.16plusmn1.353 respectively. No statistical significant difference was observed between general practitioners and postgraduates.Conclusion General practitioners and postgraduate students demonstrated adequate awareness regarding probiotics. Postgraduate students had better knowledge attitude and practice levels compared to general practitioners but this was not statistically significant.