Awareness and knowledge of digital impression technique among dental students in various institutions

Aim and Objective: To determine and assess the awareness and level of knowledge on digital impression technique among dental students in various institutions. Materials and Method: This study was done by distributing a total of 10 questionnaires through online survey to dental students among various institutions. The questionnaires were prepared to evaluate the awareness and the views on intraoral impression technique among the dental students. The data were collected and statistical analyses is done. Result: The result showed only 59% of the students were aware about various digital impression technique in dentistry. This is because they would have experienced very less dental procedures using digital impression techniques (14%). The (91%) dental students preferred it will be helpful in dental clinics and (88%) dental students believed that digital impression technique consume less working time. But only (52%) of them rated the uses of digital impression technique as moderate. (83%) of them believed that their patient would prefer digital impression technique. In spite of their preference to use digital impression technique (78%) in the future, only (37.9%) of them rated it is moderately effective highly accurate. Conclusion: The awareness on digital impression technique is very poor among the dental students in various institutions. Most of them does not aware about the uses and effectiveness of digital impression technique in dentistry as they never experience using it in their institutions. Therefore, various measures need to be taken to improve their awareness and knowledge on digital impression techniques.