• Dr. DWIJA YAGNIK
• Harmisha Kadiya
• Shivani Kathrotiya
• Dr. Noopur Bhatt

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are impairments of anatomical structure like muscle, joints, tendons, ligaments, nerves, bones, and localised blood circulation system that are caused or aggravated primarily by work and by the effect of the environment of the work place is meted out. In Dentistry, improper working habits, inconvenient posture as well as repetitive movements. MSDs and psychological stress and eventually cause fatigue. Purpose: To know about the prevalence of Neck pain and Shoulder pain amongst Dentists of Vadodara City. Methodology: In Vadodara City, 25-40 age group of Dentist are included who have more than 1 year of experience and do not have any another deformity. Then after consent was taken from each participant. total 70 subjects were participate.in this study. In this study 32 female and 38 male are there. the assessment was conducted by the self-reporting scale NDI, SPADI. The pain assessment was taken by the NPRS for neck and shoulder. The survey is revealed that there is neck pain more as compared to the shoulder pain in Dentist of Vadodara City. The pain is increased with the number of years of practice and age and had a gender prediction towards female. The study concluded that the high prevalence of neck pain in Dentist of Vadodara City, The pain is increased with the number of years of practice and age and had a gender prediction towards female.

NDI, SPADI, NPRS, Neck pain and Shoulder pain

"PREVALENCE OF NECK PAIN AND SHOULDER PAIN AMONGST DENTISTS OF VADODARA CITY: A SURVEY STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.d179-d184, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203324.pdf

"PREVALENCE OF NECK PAIN AND SHOULDER PAIN AMONGST DENTISTS OF VADODARA CITY: A SURVEY STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppd179-d184, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203324.pdf