Body Awareness in Dentistry Students and Working Dentists

The Body Awareness and Its Relationship Musculoskeletal Problems in Dentistry Students and Dentists

The current study aims to comparison the body awareness and musculoskeletal problems of 1st dentistry students, intern students and working dentists and also investigate the factors affecting the body awareness over the years in dentistry profession.

Dentists also have the highest prevalence among the occupational groups providing health services. More than 60% of dentists have pain in at least one of their body parts.Pain due to musculoskeletal disorders can affect body awareness of person have chronic pain. Body awareness is known as the capacity to distinguish body parts and has an important role in promoting well-coordinated movements. The current study aims to comparison the body awareness and musculoskeletal problems of 1st dentistry students, intern students and working dentists and also investigate the factors affecting the body awareness over the years in dentistry profession.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The inclusion criteria are being between the ages of 18 and 65 and had been practising dentistry for more than two years for dentists group.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The exclusion criteria are had a surgical history of vertebral column or any neurological or inflammatory disorders or trauma history.