In:
Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Dis Hekimligi Dergisi (NEU Dent J), Necmettin Erbakan, Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Dis Hekimligi Dergisi (NEU Dent J), Necmettin Erbakan University
Abstract:
Aim: Physicians, as well as dentists, play an important role in protecting oral and dental health, which is an essential component of overall health.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral and dental health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of medical undergraduate students in the first and sixth year.
Material and Methods: 112 1st-year and 92 6th-year medical students of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University were included in the study. A questionnaire consisting of 23 questions was sent online to medical students to determine their knowledge of oral and dental health and their
oral hygiene habits. Frequency and Chi-square analyses were used for statistical analysis, and p 〈 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: A significant relationship was found between medical students' years of education and their responses to frequency of dental visits (p=0.011), received training on oral health before (p=0.023), possible causes of dental caries and gingival bleeding during tooth brushing
(p 〈 0,001), the effects of dental plaque (p=0.014), the systemic diseases that may be associated with oral diseases, and the patient groups requiring
dental consultation (p 〈 0.001). Medical students stated that they most commonly experience tooth hypersensitivity, dental caries and gingival
bleeding problems related to oral and dental health. Conclusion: Although medical education contributed positively to the knowledge level of students about oral-dental health, this was insufficient.
It is considered that it would be beneficial to include the subject of oral-dental health in the medical education curriculum in order to understand the role of physicians in the field of preventive dentistry.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2687-5535
DOI:
10.51122/neudentj.2023.62
Language:
English
Publisher:
Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Dis Hekimligi Dergisi (NEU Dent J), Necmettin Erbakan University
Publication Date:
2023
