Temporomandibular disorders: knowledge, competency, and attitudes of predoctoral dental students.

Autor: De Medeiros Tormes AK; Department of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil., Lemos GA; Biological and Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil., Da Silva PLP; Dentistry School, Nova Esperança College, João Pessoa, Brazil., Forte FDS; Clinical and Social Dentistry Department, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil., De Sousa FB; Morphology Department, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil., Araujo DN; Medical School, Unifacisa College, Campina Grande, Brazil., Batista AUD; Restorative Dentistry Department, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice [Cranio] 2023 Jan; Vol. 41 (1), pp. 32-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 31.
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2020.1812816
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate knowledge, competency, and attitudes related to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) among predoctoral dental students, and to investigate the curricular organization of contents related to TMD and occlusion.
Methods: Predoctoral dental students (n = 147) answered a questionnaire with topics related to TMD. Another questionnaire evaluated the organization of TMD and occlusion courses.
Results: Contents related to TMD and occlusion were taught in the same course in all dental schools. The students' responses showed low agreement with the current gold standards pertaining to TMD. Most students declared that they did not feel confident to treat patients with TMD (62.6%), were not satisfied with the content pertaining to TMD (55.8%), and considered a lack of clinical practice to be the primary limitation in their training (59.2%).
Discussion: Students' knowledge of basic concepts related to TMD was limited, highlighting the need for readjustment of the dental curriculum to increase clinical experience.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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