Acknowledgment and Attitude of Dental Students About Fillers as a Non-Surgical Esthetic Procedure

Introduction: Hyaluronic acid dermal fillers are widely accepted today in order to improve appearance or to oppose the aging process, especially in females. Objectives: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyze the Acknowledgment of the adverse effects of lip filler among dental students in government dental colleges and private departments of dentistry. Material and Methods: An online self-structured questionnaire of three domains comprising fourteen items, the first domain covered demographic data (gender, age. Type of education, academic year and working status), the second domain consisted of five items (the primary source of information about dermal filler, the most often occurring side effect, the most common site where the adverse consequence of filler appear in. The main cause of complications and the possible reason for doing lip filler). The last domain, which is the attitude towards dermal fillers consisted of four items having had a dermal filler injection before, the person you agreed to expert this non-surgical procedure, whether the doctor or expert person, the possible indication to use dermal fillers in dental clinics. Results: The majority of students who answered the questionnaire were from private departments; the percentage of females is higher than that of males; the highest number of participants were second-year students. Swelling is the most common side effect of dermal filler, and the vast majority of students prefer to have this nonsurgical procedure performed by a doctor and not by an experienced person in the aesthetic field. Conclusions: Most complications are associated with injection technique, volume, placement, and sterility. Every procedure should take into account a small, slow injection combined with massage to introduce the product evenly and gently.