Revankar, Vanita D. and Chakravarthy, Yadav and Naveen, Selvam and Aarthi, Ganapathy and Mallikarjunan, Dharmapuri Yadhavakrishnan and Noon, Assmee Mohammed (2019) Prevalence of Ocular Injuries, Conjunctivitis and Musculoskeletal Disorders-Related Issues as Occupational Hazards Among Dental Practitioners in the City of Salem: A Randomized Cross-Sectional Study. JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND BIOALLIED SCIENCES, 11.0. S335-S337. ISSN 0975-7406
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Background: Similar to several other occupations, dentists are also stricken by bounteous occupational health hazards (OHHs) such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and ocular health-related issues. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diffusion of MSDs and ocular health-related issues among dental surgeons in Salem city, Tamil Nadu, India, according to age, sex, and number of practicing hours per week. Objectives: A survey was conducted to examine the rate of prevalence of these OHHs amidst the dental surgeons in Salem city. Materials and Methods: The study was performed through a questionnaire amidst 150 dentists practicing in Salem City, Tamil Nadu, India. Dental surgeons were questioned about any occupational disorder that they had experienced related to a musculoskeletal pain and its location whether in the back, upper limbs, or lower limbs. In extension to this, dental surgeons were asked about any ocular injury that they had. Results: MSD showed higher rate of occurrence correlated to ocular health-related issues. Conclusion: The practice of protective measures is crucial, in perspective of the high rate of these disorders in the community of dental surgeons.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dental practitioner, musculoskeletal disorders, occupational health hazards, ocular injury, pain |
| Subjects: | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics > Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Divisions: | Dentistry > Vinayaka Mission‘s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem > Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2026 06:51 |
| URI: | https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/6018 |
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