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. 2023 Apr;12(4):632-636.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2169_21. Epub 2023 Apr 17.

Comparing knowledge and opinions of medical and dental students in the field of pediatric anesthesia

Amirhossein Fathi  1 , Sara Rahnama  2 , Sogol Alesaeidi  3 , Elnaz Mousavi  4 , Nazila Bagherboum  5 , Mahnaz GHolami  6 , Farnoush Fotovat  7
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Comparing knowledge and opinions of medical and dental students in the field of pediatric anesthesia

Amirhossein Fathi et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA) is one of the common treatment methods today for dental treatment in children, so dentists' point of view in this field is very important. Therefore, the purpose of this study was evaluation the awareness and attitude of pediatric dentists and final-year dental students about dental treatment for children under GA.

Methods: To conduct this study, 150 people, including 75 general dentists (GD) and 75 final-year dental students (FYDS), were randomly selected in Tehran. In this study, a researcher-made questionnaire containing 15 questions (7 awareness questions and 8 attitude questions) was used to evaluate the awareness and attitude of the participants. After extracting the raw results, statistical analysis of the results was done using SPSS-Ver. 22 software.

Results: 60% of the participants (90 people) were men and the remaining 40% (60 people) were women. The results showed that the level of awareness of male dentists was significantly higher than that of female dentists (P = 0.015). In addition, although the awareness level of FYDS was lower than GD, this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.130). The average level of awareness among different age groups had a significant difference (P = 0.009), so the age group of 36-45 years compared to the younger age groups (25-35 years) and the older age groups (36-45 and 55 -46 years), had a higher level of awareness.

Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that it is necessary to use appropriate educational methods to improve the level of awareness and attitude of children's dentists.

Keywords: Attitude; awareness; children; dental treatment; general anesthesia.

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Figures

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Frequency distribution of awareness level of final year dental students (FYDS) of general dentists (GD) about dental treatment under general anesthesia
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