Title

Linking systemic diseases with oral health: Awareness among general physician

Authors

Pranav D. Patil^{*, 1}, Pradnya S Jadhav², K. Sivaponnappan³, U. Punitha Gnanaselvi⁴, D. Kamatchi⁴ & Rajmohan Maruthavanan⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India; ²Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India; ³Department of Dental Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Sivagangai, Tamilnadu, India; ⁴Department of Dental surgery, KAPV Govt medical College, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Pranav D. Patil - E - mail: drpranavpatil@hotmail.com
Pradnya S Jadhav - E - mail: drpradnya789@gmail.com
K. Sivaponnappan - E - mail: sivaponnappan.k@gmail.com
U Punitha Gnanaselvi - E - mail: punithags@yahoo.co.in
D. Kamatchi - E - mail: kamsdrd78@gmail.com
Rajmohan Maruthavanan - E - mail: omfsraj@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

The relationship between oral health and systemic disease exists. However, its understanding among physician is inadequate and less comprehensive in nature. Hence, a survey of 135 general physicians showed that 53.3% possessed moderate awareness and 24.4% had high awareness while 22.2% had low awareness. Knowledge levels of physicians who had more than ten years of experience proved to be significantly better than others (p < 0.05). The practice of asking about oral health occurred regularly for less than 40% of providers while dental referrals reached only 28% of necessary patients. Interdisciplinary education at an elevated level should become mandatory to develop better integrated treatment approaches.

Keywords

Oral health, systemic disease, general physician, awareness, interdisciplinary care, healthcare integration

Citation

Patil et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 841-844 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.