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- Title
Perception and knowledge of clinical dental students about comprehensive management for successful dental treatment.
- Authors
Mugilan, A.; Philip, Jacob Mathew; Abraham, Helen Mary; Venkatakrishnan, C. J.; Chandran, Chitra R.
- Abstract
Background: Various departments of many dental colleges in India have been functioning as separate entities with limited coordination between them. Purpose: A pilot study was undertaken with an aim to assess the perception and knowledge of clinical dental students toward multidisciplinary treatment and coordination for successful dental treatment. Subjects and Methods: Dental interns from a south Indian dental college participated in the study. A 17-item, self-administered, structured, closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect the data. Four questions assessed their perception and 13 questions assessed their knowledge. Results: Among 100 interns who participated in the study, 92% reported that they lacked training in an interdisciplinary approach. Approximately, 84% reported that the curriculum should be designed to include interdisciplinary training. Nearly, 70% reported that specialists from different specialties should be posted in one interdisciplinary department. Around 74% reported that they did not have the confidence of treating the patient comprehensively. When the overall mean scores were considered, the highest scores were obtained for endodontic-related questions (95.3) and the lowest for orthodontic-related questions (83.6). Conclusions: Dental interns perceived that they lacked training in a multidisciplinary treatment approach. Hence, dental colleges should include interdisciplinary treatment as part of the undergraduate course.
- Subjects
DENTAL students; COORDINATION (Human services); ORTHODONTICS; TRAINING of dentists; INTERDISCIPLINARY education
- Publication
Drug Invention Today, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 8, p1496
- ISSN
0975-7619
- Publication type
Article