USE OF PNS VIEW AS A DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPH AMONG PATIENTS VISITING A PRIVATE DENTAL COLLEGE
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Abstract
Objective: New digital two-dimensional imaging systems are considered as an easily accessible modality for sinonasal evaluation. The aim of this study was to determine the use of PNS view as a diagnostic radiograph among the patients.
Materials and methods: Study samples of 24 cases were obtained from the data of 86000 patients between March 2020 and March 2021. Statistical software used for analysis was the SPSS(statistical package for the social sciences) which is designed by IBM and the statistical tests used were frequency tables along with bar graphs to analyse and compare the obtained results. The obtained data was tabulated in excel systematically. Data was then entered in the SPSS analysis software and descriptive analysis and correlation statistics performed. The obtained results were tabulated and graphically represented.
Results: Results from the study reveals that the use of PNS view as a diagnostic radiograph among the male population 75% and among the female population is 25%; distribution of PNS radiograph among various departments reveal 66.6% in oral & maxillofacial surgery;16.6% in Implantology and 16.6% in oral medicine. Further assessment of PNS view revealed about 33.3% of the male population used PNS view as diagnostic radiograph in zygoma fracture and 20.8% of the male population used PNS view for fracture in the orbital floor and to view the maxillary sinus. The correlation between the Gender and the use of PNS view revealed that Pearson Chi-Square Value-0.307;p>0.05. Hence statistically not significant
Conclusion: This study reveals that PNS view were found to be the most frequently used as diagnostic radiograph among male population. The findings of the present study showed that the use of PNS view was commonly used for zygoma fracture in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.