title: Perceived barriers to the provision of preventive care among dentists of Udaipur, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the practice-, patient- and dentist related barriers to the provision of preventive dental care as perceived by dentists of Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  - A cross sectional descriptive survey was conducted among 120 dentists of Udaipur city, Rajasthan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mean Content Validity Ratio (CVR) was calculated as 0.87 based on the opinions expressed by a panel of total six academicians. Cronbach's coefficient was found to be 0.88, which showed a high internal reliability of the questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of demographic questions and 12 specific research questions.
  
  
  METHODS
  - Student's t-test and ANOVA test were applied for the statistical evaluation of means. Level of significance was set at 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The barriers correlated strongly with each other (0.60 to 0.85). A significant gender difference was observed in mean sums of scores of practice and patient related barriers. Practice, dentist and patient related barriers for very much hindrance were reported by 8 to 13%, 5 to19% and 0 to 29% of the dentists respectively. A significant difference was observed among mean of sum scores of practice and patient related barriers with age and experience. Qualification was significantly related to practice related barriers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perception of dentists showed that patient related barriers were found to be the foremost to the provision of preventive care. Also, dentist's attitude towards health promotion and disease prevention needs a radical transformation. Key words:Dental care, dentists, patients, perception.
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentisty, Rama Dental College and Hospital, A-1/8, Lakhanpur, Kanpur - 208024, Uttar Pradesh.
authors: Ramesh
authors: R
authors: Nagarajappa
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentisty, Government Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
authors: Sudhanshu
authors: S
authors: Sanadhya
authors: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Airport Road, Debari, Udaipur - 313024, Rajasthan.
authors: Mehak
authors: M
authors: Batra
authors: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Hitkarni Dental College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
authors: Hemasha
authors: H
authors: Daryani
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Rama Dental College and Hospital, A-1/8, Lakhanpur, Kanpur - 208024, Uttar Pradesh.
authors: Gayathri
authors: G
authors: Ramesh
authors: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vaidik Dental College and Research Centre, Nani, Daman.
authors: Pankaj
authors: P
authors: Aapaliya