Kanika Jain, VijayaDhar Bhatt, Chetna Arora, Shubhra Malik, Jyotsana Sikri, Aakriti. Awareness And Attitude Towards Preventive Measures Of Covid 19 Transmission In Dental Practice Among Delhi – NCR (India) Dental Surgeons: A Cross Sectional Survey. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;08(04):2296-2301. 2296 OPEN ACCESS https://scidoc.org/IJDOS.php Awareness And Attitude Towards Preventive Measures Of Covid 19 Transmission In Dental Practice Among Delhi – NCR (India) Dental Surgeons: A Cross Sectional Survey Research Article International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science (IJDOS) ISSN: 2377-8075 *Corresponding Author: Kanika Jain, Post Graduate Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, U.P.-201009, India. Email Id: kanikajain226@gmail.com Received: February 22, 2021 Accepted: April 04, 2021 Published: April 08, 2021 Citation: Kanika Jain, VijayaDhar Bhatt, Chetna Arora, Shubhra Malik, Jyotsana Sikri, Aakriti. Awareness And Attitude Towards Preventive Measures Of Covid 19 Transmission In Dental Practice Among Delhi – NCR (India) Dental Surgeons: A Cross Sectional Survey. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;08(04):2296-2301. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2377- 8075-21000454 Copyright: Kanika Jain © 2021. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Introduction The present outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona VIrus Disease 2019) is a global concern constituting public health emergency. Itwas frst reported in the sea food markets of Hubei province of Wuhan, China, in December 2019, which was later spread glob- ally [1]. COVID-19 has seen a violent and fast-spreading virus around the world, which led to the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of coronavirus by World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. As the exact nature of the disease is still unknown, it is believed to spread through direct/indirect human to human transmission or through body fuids, including saliva [2]. Since December 2019, various unexplained cases of pneumonia- Abstract Aim & Objective: In spite of the growing risk of transmission of COVID 19, this study assessesthe level of awareness and attitude of various dental professionals in the Delhi – NCR region (India) towards the preventive measures of COVID 19 transmission in their day to day clinical practice. Method: The study population included dental surgeons who work in university dental clinics, private sector and government sector in Delhi – NCR (India) region. An online questionnaire was sent to a sample of Delhi NCR (India) dental surgeons in October 2020. The questionnaire comprised of a series of questions about their demographic data, their awareness about the incubation period of COVID-19, infection control measures to prevent cross infection in dental settings and their attitude towards the patients while treating to prevent the risk of transmission of COVID 19. Result: This study included 128 dental surgeons aged 22 to 73 years. A total of 65(51.2%) dental surgeons were working in university dental clinics, 46(36.2%) in private clinics and 16(12.6%) in government set ups. A total of 83 (65.4%) dental sur- geons reported that the incubation period of COVID 19 is 2-14 days. Majority of dental surgeonsworking in the university, private and government set upswere well aware about the prevention protocols to avoid the risk of transmission of COVID 19 like the anti retraction hand piece preventive used to avoid the dental operatory water unit contamination, pre procedural mouth rinses and surface disinfection. A total of 72 (58.1%) dental surgeons were using Grade 3 Personal Protective Equip- ment (PPE) protocol even for non – aerosol generating procedures. They were using HEPA flters for reducing aerosol trans- mission inside the operatory and scheduling the aerosol procedures as the last procedure of the day. Conclusion: Irrespective of the University, private and governmentdental clinics, Delhi - NCR (India) dental surgeons were well aware about the COVID 19 mode of transmission, infection control and appropriate measures to be taken to prevent the transmission of COVID 19 in their dental practices. Keywords: COVID 19; Infection Control; Dental Surgeons; PPE; Transmission; nCoV; Coronavirus; SARS - CoV-2. Kanika Jain 1* , VijayaDhar Bhatt 2 , Chetna Arora 3 , Shubhra Malik 4 , Jyotsana Sikri 5 , Aakriti 6 1 Post Graduate Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India. 2 Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India. 3 Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India. 4 Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India. 5 Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India. 6 Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, India.