Received: 16 May 2022 Revised: 2 June 2022 Accepted: 10 June 2022 ORIG I NAL AR TI CLE Journal Section Knowledge and Attitude of Private Dental Practitioners towards taking IOPA/RVG during COVID -19 Pandemic Lajri Bagde, MDS 1* | Ashish Lanjekar, MDS 1* | Ramhari S Sathawane, MDS 1* | Rakhi Chandak, MDS 1* | Pranada Deshmukh, BDS 1* 1 Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 441110, India Correspondence Lajri Bagde, Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 441110, India Email: bagdelajri@gmail.com Funding information Nil Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of den- tist towards taking and the indications of radiographs during covid -19 pan- demic. A structured questionnaire containing 9 questions was used, each question had 2 possible answers. Registered dentists at the Dental coun- cil of India of Vidarbha region were included in the study. The minimal required sample was 100 by purposive random sampling technique. Re- trieval of data was done by distributing questionnaires to respondents using Google forms via the WhatsApp application and the questionnaire was sent to 100 dentists of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra. 100 respondents filled out this questionnaire. The study came into conclusion that most of the den- tal practitioners were aware of the standard operating procedure and the re- quired preventive measures taken for the dental treatment. They were also aware of the requirements and proper dental alternative treatments and also they have preferred extraoral radiographic technique to avoid the contact of saliva. KEYWORDS COVID 19; Pandemic; SOPs; IOPA 1 | INTRODUCTION During late 2019 and early 2020, a new fatal disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in China and Southeast Asia. It has been reported that COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Central China, and then it was found in other places of China, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and al- most all over the world, affecting more than 160 countries or districts. 1,2 According to reports by the China CDC and authoritative organizations, by April 07, 2020, 1,393,797 people had been infected by COVID-19 globally. 2,3 The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the COVID-19 outbreak had become a public health emer- gency of international concern on January 31, 2020, 4 and * All authors have contributed equally. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc/4.0/ Int J Orofac Res 2022; 6(1): 23-27 Int J Orofac Res © 2022 Published by MM publishers 23