Knowledge and Awareness about Cryosurgery among Dental Practitioners

Background: Cryosurgery is typically used for tumors or precancerous lesions found on your skin. However, some tumors inside the body can be treated this way as well. Advances in cryosurgery technology have dramatically reduced the long-term side effects once associated with the treatment. So this technology must made aware among dentists for the wellness among the patients. Aim: The aim of this research is to find the knowledge about cryosurgery and its importance among dentists. Objective: The study is to establish the recent advances and awareness about cryosurgery among dentists. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted across chennai among the Dental practitioners regarding their awareness about the cryosurgery. The questionnaire was distributed to 100 Dental practitioners in an interview based method around the chennai city.All the questionnaire were kept anonymous. Result: On analysing the above data, 46% of dentists were aware about cryosurgery, out of which 96% were not practising, the main reason was due to increased costs and insulation, 92.3% dentists prefers cryosurgery and they are willing to be trained, 23.1% were aware about the complications associated with cryosurgery and 66.2% of dentists prefer to use cryosurgery for treatment of both tumours and for lesions in internal organs. Conclusion: The awareness about cryosurgery among Dental practitioners is comparatively less. But it needs to made aware as this plays very important role in treating lesions.