ATTITUDE OF DENTAL STUDENTS TOWARDS ELDERLY

The aim of this study was to assess the attitude of dental students towards elderly patients. This increased the awareness of the need of the geriatric dental education within the undergraduate dental curriculum, which is the pressing need for today. The study was carried out at the de,Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore –Pakistan. It was a descriptive cross sectional study. Study sample comprised of sixty final year students. Attitude of students towards elderly was measured using a self administered questionnaire consisting of ROZENCRANZ AND MCNEVIN AGING SEMENTIC DIFERENTIAL SCALE. Students attitude was found to be very positive towards elderly patients as they showed a strong desire to work with elderly patients. This showed that the future geriatric dentistry is not towards a decline in Pakistan as compared to negative attitudes of students in the developed countries. 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, de,Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore, Phone No: 03214149089 Email: drashsad@gmail.com Correspondence: N-14 Cantt View Housing Scheme, Bedian Road, Lahore Cantt 2 Professor Dr Nazia Yazdanie, Dean Fatima Memorial Institute of Dentistry Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry, Shadman, Lahore. Phone No: 0333 4317508 Email: nazia508@gmail.com