title: Recasting Disaster Recovery Strategy at Dental Workplace in Combating Crisis - A Questionnaire Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The number of reported natural and human-made disasters continues to rise worldwide. Disasters occur every day somewhere in the world with dramatic impact on individuals, families and communities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was designed to measure the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding disaster management among academicians and practitioners in Ghaziabad city.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted among 487 dentists. A questionnaire (15 items) measuring knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed manually to the participating dentists and data was analysed using SPSS software, version 19.0 and student t-test was performed to assess the differences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was statistically significant relation between knowledge and attitude in relation to qualification degree, career prospective and years of experience (p <0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dentists form an important part of the health care community and thus there is a need to harvest the services of wide distribution of dentists practicing in our country.
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Venisha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pandita
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Patthi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basavaraj
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Ravneet
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Vaibhav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vashishtha
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research , Modinagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., India .
authors.forename: Jishnu Krishna
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Bioterrorism; Dentists; Disaster management; Practice; Triage