EFFECT OF TURKISH DENTAL EDUCATION ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS ABOUT EMERGENCY DENTAL APPLICATIONS

Autor: EDEBAL, Tolga Han, KOTANLI, Sedef, DURMUŞ, Halil İbrahim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Volume: 2, Issue: 2 105-110
HRÜ Uluslararası Diş Hekimliği ve Oral Araştırmalar Dergisi
HRU International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Research
ISSN: 2792-0224
Popis: Objective: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) first appeared in December 2019 and spread to many countries in a short time. Thus, it has been decided to limit dental visits only to emergency dental practices (EDA), and to postpone non-emergency and non-compulsory dental practices to a later date. In this survey study; our aim is to determine the level of knowledge of dentistry students about EDA and to contribute to the literature by determining the adequacy of dental education in this field.Subjects and Methods: The questionnaire that was prepared using Google Forms was sent to dental students in Turkey by WhatsApp, email, and private social platforms. First part of the questionnaire included basic questions that provide demographic data and the questions about EDA in the second part.Results: A total of 1452 dentistry students, 558 males and 894 females, with a mean age of 38 ± 21.15, participated in the survey study. It was found that the EDA knowledge level offemale participants was significantly higher than that of male participants (p
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