Knowledge, attitude and practice of dental students, interns and practitioners to the use of amalgam in a dental institution of Kathmandu, Nepal
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2020), Original Research Article
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2020)

Knowledge, attitude and practice of dental students, interns and practitioners to the use of amalgam in a dental institution of Kathmandu, Nepal

Original Research Article
Published 2021-03-22
Punam Basnet Dixit
Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-1318
Siddharth Dixit
Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7042-8278
Sirjana Dahal
Lecturer, Department of Community and Public Health Dentistry, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-1230
Prakash Poudel
Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0244-5930
Siddharth Ghimire
Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-7209
Tribhuwan Koirala
Dental Officer, Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Nepal
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Keywords

Amalgam; Attitude; Toxicity

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Dixit, P. B., Dixit, S., Dahal, S., Poudel, P., Ghimire, S., & Koirala, T. (2021). Knowledge, attitude and practice of dental students, interns and practitioners to the use of amalgam in a dental institution of Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 9(1), 31–36. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/998
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Abstract

Background: Dental practitioners of Nepal have been using amalgam for years for restoration, but the concern for mercury related health issues and inventions in metallurgy science have recently led to it

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