Title

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices among dental technicians toward digital laboratory procedures in India: A cross-sectional study

Authors

Surender Kumar¹, Sandeep Kumar², Madhu Ranjan¹, Shantala R Naik³, Tushar Sinha⁴ & Awanindra Kumar Jha^5,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India; ²Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India; ³Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India; ⁴Department of Prosthodontics, ESIC Dental College & Hospital, Kalaburgi, Karnataka, India; ⁵Department of Orthodontics, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Surender Kumar - E-mail: drsurender2304@gmail.com
Sandeep Kumar - E-mail: drsandeep40@yahoo.com
Madhu Ranjan - E-mail: drmadhuranjanmds@gmail.com
Shantala R Naik - E-mail: shantala_naik@rediffmail.com
Tushar Sinha - E-mail: tushar1994rishu@gmail.com
Awanindra Kumar Jha - E-mail: mybraces@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

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

Abstract

Digitalization in dentistry, encompassing use of digital technology, is indeed the dominant force, impacting every aspect of the profession. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate and comprehend dental technicians’ knowledge, attitude and practice related to digital laboratory procedures in India. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional research was performed among registered dental technicians across India and descriptive statistics were utilized to calculate frequency distributions and chi-square for relationships among variables. The mean knowledge score (4.63±2.18), attitude score (4.52±2.19) and the practice score (4.55±2.14) was substantially exceeded in the dental technicians working in the south zone compared to other zones. The dental technicians employed at private dental laboratory had greater knowledge score (4.04±1.75), attitude score (3.96±1.74) and practice score (3.98±1.72) compared to those working in dental college. The dental technicians of south zone exhibited greater attitude, knowledge and practice of digital dental laboratory procedures than other zones across India.

Keywords

Dental laboratory technician; digital dentistry; CAD/CAM; 3D printing

Citation

Kumar et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3192-3196 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

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.