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. 2016 May 25;8(5):2366-70.
doi: 10.19082/2366. eCollection 2016 May.

Awareness, knowledge, and attitude of dentistry students in Kerman towards evidence-based dentistry

Arezoo Sarani  1 , Melika Sarani  1 , Mohammad Esmaeli Abdar  2 , Zahra Esmaeili Abdar  2
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Awareness, knowledge, and attitude of dentistry students in Kerman towards evidence-based dentistry

Arezoo Sarani et al. Electron Physician. .

Abstract

Introduction: Evidence-based care helps dentists provide quality dental services to patients, and such care is based on the use of reliable information about treatment and patient care from a large number of papers, books, and published textbooks. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, awareness, and attitude of dentistry students towards evidence-based dentistry.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all dentistry students who were studying in their sixth semester and higher in the Kerman School of Dentistry (n = 73) were studied. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17 and the independent-samples t-tests and the ANOVA test.

Results: The means of the students' knowledge, awareness, and attitude scores were 29.2 ± 10.8, 29.9 ± 8.12 and 44.5 ± 5.3, respectively. Among demographic variables, only the number of semesters showed a significant difference with knowledge, awareness, and attitude of dentistry students toward evidence-based dentistry (p = 0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, knowledge and awareness of dentistry students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences towards evidence-based dentistry were average and have a neutral attitude. Thus, providing necessary training in this regard will cause promoting the knowledge, awareness, and improved attitudes of dentistry students.

Keywords: attitude; awareness; evidence-based dentistry; knowledge.

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