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Aims and Objective To investigate general dental practitioners’ knowledge and attitudes towards employing dental hygienist/surgery assistant in India.Material and Methods Cross sectional questionnaire survey was conducted amongst 226 registered dentists of Udaipur, located in south east zone of Rajasthan in India. Self prepared questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were coded and analyzed using SPSS software version 11.0.Results – 31% of dentists said that they would not employ dental hygienist or surgery assistant due to financial problems. Other barriers were patient acceptance, availability and also lack of knowledge.Conclusion – In general dentists were in favorable approach towards employing dental hygienist or surgery assistant. They believed that they could work more skillfully in a team.
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