Author(s): Favour C. Uroko*, Nwenyi Favour Ogechi
This study examines the awareness of occupational health hazards in prosthodontics practices among Christian dental technologists in Enugu Metropolis, Enugu state. The statement of problem is that there are numerous health related problems caused by some materials and machines used in dental prosthdontics laboratory in which prosthodontics practitioners away of in other to adopt the necessary measures to prevent the harmful effects of these materials and machineries in the human health. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used for the study. The study for this research work was done in University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, Enugu state. This research work was done in University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, Enugu state. A total number of 50 Christian dental technologists were used which was gotten from the study area. The study used simple percentage, frequency and variables in analyzing one data presented by the use of tables. Findings show that based on the awareness of existence of occupational health hazards in prosthodontics practice showed that 25 (50%) strongly agree, 18 (36%) agree. According the research findings 18 (36%) agree and 24 (48%) strongly agree that provision of enough working space will help to minimize the occupational health hazards in prosthodontics practice. Recommendations were provided.
