Cosmetic Dentistry: A Boon or a Bane?
Dr. Seema Bukhari, Kaja Sai Ragesvari , Jigyasa Gupta , Juhi Singhla , Kadambari HaritDentistry is a science-based, notably structured healthcare career that serves steadily extra traumatic patients. The purpose to searching for dental care used to be entirely for traditional redress and sufferers consulted dentists solely when there was once an apparent need. As the instances have modified human beings trust that a profitable cure depends on aesthetics of treatment. In this era, social media has the strength to alter people’s way of thinking. It does no longer solely exhibit a photograph of splendor however has quite a few passive effects too with elevated price of socialization and with a world platform to take part human beings are a lot influenced through many actors and idols.The study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices amongst the general population of Faridabad regarding Cosmetic Dentistry. The data was collected using a structured interview questionnaire. This questionnaire was shared with people on an online platform via Google forms and a total of 159 responses were collected from people of Faridabad randomly. Though lot of people had knowledge of esthetic dentistry very less people knew when was it essential and the most common cause for getting a cosmetic procedure done was idolization social media peer pressure extra. The result showed an increase influence of social media on teenagers towards esthetics as being the prime concern and their will to get esthetic treatment done even when there was very slight need for it being done.