Awareness on Platelet Rich Plasma Among Dental Students - A Survey

Platelet rich plasma (PRP), also called as autologous platelet gel, is nothing but plasma rich in growth factors, platelet concentrate. In other words, it is an increased concentration of platelets suspended in a small amount of plasma after the process of centrifugation. This survey aimed at assessing the knowledge and awareness of platelet rich plasma among dental students. The study was done in an online setting among the dental students of the Chennai population. The sample size of 150 participants of age group 20-23 years, both males and females were selected by a simple random sampling method. Both descriptive (frequency of the responses) and inferential statistics (Chi - square tests) were done and the results were presented in the forms of graphs. According to this survey based study it was noted that the females (64%) have participated in higher numbers compared to males (36%). It was noted that 59.33% of the population participated in the study were aware of the term PRP (ie. platelet rich plasma) whereas 40.67% of the population was not aware of the term. The association of gender and awareness of platelet rich plasma among the participants was found to be statistically significant, p=0.000(<0.05). Within the limitations of this study, it was inferred that the knowledge and awareness of platelet rich plasma was different among both the genders. More appropriately, females were much aware compared to males. Association of gender and awareness of platelet rich plasma among the participants was found to be statistically significant.