title: Does periodical department audit really works to make things fall in place: A Geriatric/General Oral Health Assessment Index based audit in prosthodontics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to assess the outcome of improved staff supervision on the efficiency and quality of complete dentures delivered by clinical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The audit was performed in two parts. In the first cycle, retrospective analysis for complete dentures delivered by clinical students was undertaken, and patient's satisfaction was graded using Geriatric/General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). All the impeding factors encountered in the first cycle were identified, and corrective measures were implemented. Subsequently, a prospective analysis for the dentures delivered under strict staff supervision was undertaken in the second cycle. Patient satisfaction was graded again using GOHAI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improved staff supervision increased the patient satisfaction significantly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of care had improved in leaps and bounds compared to the first cycle due to increased level of supervision and strict adherence to the recommendations made at the end of the first cycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Varsha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Yuvaraj
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vaithilingam
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Soorya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shivaprasad
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Peoples Dental Academy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Surgery, Private Practitioner (Vijaya Dental Clinic and Research Centre), Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Shivaprasad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dayalan
keywords: Clinical audit; Geriatric/General Oral Health Assessment Index; complete denture; oral health related quality of life