Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The healthcare workforce is an important element of society and a vital resource within healthcare, with dentistry being no exception. The present study was planned for assessing attitude of undergraduate dental students towards pursing Orthodontics as their specialization. Materials & Methods: A total of 50 undergraduate students were enrolled. A Questionnaire was framed and was designed to investigate the students’ backgrounds and their perspectives towards postgraduate specialisation as well as factors that would discourage/influence their choices. The questionnaire was distributed to the students. All the results were recorded and subjected to statistical analysis. Results: Out of 50 subjects, 42 percent of the subjects showed positive response and positive desire for pursuing orthodontic as specialist career. Among these 21 subjects, 61.9 percent were males while the remaining 38.1 percent were females. Among the 29 patients who didn’t wanted to purse orthodontic as specialist career or who were not sure, 34.5 percent of the subjects blamed it to be time consuming. In 27.6 percent of the subjects and 24.1 percent of the subjects, the major factor for not choosing orthodontic as a specialist was “too expensive” and “too competitive” respectively. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a large number of undergraduates had an intention to specialise in orthodontic, although many were still undecided at this stage because of its time and financial aspect.