Donnish Journal of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene

August 2017 Vol. 3(5), pp. 027-030

ISSN: 2984-8806

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Original Research Paper

Confidence Levels of Dental Interns in Treating Prosthodontic Patients and their Point of View Regarding the Quality of Prosthodontic Education; A Survey Done in Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Naif Ahmed AlRumayyan¹, Dalal Mohammed AlRumayyan², Naif Mohammed AlRabiah³, Salman Mohammed AlRumayyan⁴ and Shahzeb Hasan Ansari⁵*

¹BDS, Resident Dentist, Ministry of Health, KSA.
²BDS, Resident Dentist, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, KSA.
^3,4BDS, Dental Interns, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, KSA.
⁵MPH, BDS, C-Orth, Lecturer Preventive Dentistry, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, KSA.

Corresponding Author's Email: shahzebhasan@riyadh.edu.sa

Accepted 14th March, 2017.

Abstract

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There are several prosthodontic treatment procedures being done in undergraduate dental training. One of those procedures is the fabrication of complete dentures, which according to various studies have been proven to be the most difficult procedure to learn and perform. Majority of dental students did not exhibit high confidence in making complete dentures. This is a cross-sectional study, which utilized a closed-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire included questions including participants' gender, GPA, confidence levels in treating different types of prosthodontic patients and satisfaction levels from their undergraduate training in various modalities. Higher mean values show greater confidence and satisfaction levels among the interns. It can be noted that the majority comparisons based upon gender and GPAs were found to be insignificant. However, there was significant higher confidence level noticed in females when treating patients with fixed partial dentures. There is no significant relationship between gender and confidence levels. Low GPA students showed better satisfaction towards their undergraduate clinical training.

Keywords: Dental Interns, Confidence, Prosthodontics procedures.

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Naif Ahmed AlRumayyan, Dalal Mohammed AlRumayyan, Naif Mohammed AlRabiah, Salman Mohammed AlRumayyan and Shahzeb Hasan Ansari. Confidence Levels of Dental Interns in Treating Prosthodontic Patients and their Point of View Regarding the Quality of Prosthodontic Education; A Survey Done in Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy. Donnish Journal of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene 3(5) 2017 pp. 027-030.