KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AMONG THE PROSTHODONTIC POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AND STAFF ABOUT ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION BY LOCAL ANESTHESIA DURING TOOTH PREPARATION PROCEDURE

Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude of prosthodontic post graduate students and staff about anaphylactic reaction seen in patients after administration of local anesthesia during tooth preparation.Method: A questionnaire based study was conducted among the post graduate students and staff.About 300 questioners were prepared and distributed among the PG students and staff of rajarajeswari dental college, division of prosthodontics.Two counselors were nominated for distribution and motivation of participants to fill the form and collect the filled forms after one week time or earlier.Results: Eighteen postgraduate students and fifteen staffs responded to the questionnaire.The results indicated that the majority of the participants had knowledge of one or more symptoms relating to anaphylaxis.However, none of the participants demonstrated that they knew about all