Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Operative and Esthetic Department, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

2 Dental Student

Abstract

According to the health program of WHO, oral health is one of the factors that has to be consider for health index of different societies. Dental schools, general dentists and specialized dentists, play an important role in this regard. Also awareness of the people from postdoctoral program of dental School and knowing the duties of each specialized dentist will increase the efficacy of dental treatments. In this study we try to evaluate the awareness of students of different schools except dental school of Universities, in the city of Shiraz toward this subject. The result that is the degree of awareness is not enough and more effort is needed to introduce different dental specialities.Key words: Dental specialities, Degree of awareness, Shiraz