Background: Considering the enormity of the challenge that infectious agents pose the implementation of effective sterilization protocol among all healthcare communities including dental office is vital. Among the healthcare workers, dentists have a critical role to play in prevention efforts and they are an important population to study their level of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding disinfection. So, we planned this study to assess the attitude and knowledge of endodontic Undergraduate students toward sterilization of endodontic files. Materials and method: The study was conducted in Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics of the institution.  All the UG from Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics were included in the study. Overall, 100 students participated in the study, among which 63 were females and 37 were males.Face-to-face interview was conducted and the data collected were entered in a prescribed format. Results: In knowledge section, 83 students accepted endodontic files need to be sterilized and 21 students reported that endodontic instruments can be used four or more times. To clean the endodontic files, they reported ultrasonic bath (n=35), brushing with soap (n=35), any other (n=22), and chemical solutions (n=8). Conclusion: Despite the availability of knowledge and extremely positive attitude towards the utility of guidelines and protocols for sterilization of endodontic files, practice is not coherent with sterilizing endodontic files.
Keywords: Endodontist, rotary, files, ultrasonic

Corresponding author: Dr. Tarunvir Singh Rai, Canada

This article may be cited as: Geetanjali, Dhawan L, Rai TS, Desai V, Lakhani AA. Knowledge and attitude of endodontic undergraduate students toward sterilization of endodontic files: A cross-sectional study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2016;3(1):29-32.