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Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy?
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-seven final-year dental students in the year 2019 and the first edentulous patient managed by them were recruited for the study. A fourteen-item questionnaire was given to the students to assess their level of confidence just before commencement of the treatment. Questio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7382718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9752925 |
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author | Thilakumara, Indika P. Prathibhani, Kaumudi U. Rasnayaka, Sumudu G. K. Abeysundara, Sachith P. Jayasinghe, Rasika M. |
author_facet | Thilakumara, Indika P. Prathibhani, Kaumudi U. Rasnayaka, Sumudu G. K. Abeysundara, Sachith P. Jayasinghe, Rasika M. |
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description | MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-seven final-year dental students in the year 2019 and the first edentulous patient managed by them were recruited for the study. A fourteen-item questionnaire was given to the students to assess their level of confidence just before commencement of the treatment. Questionnaire for the patients was used to assess their satisfaction both with the operator and the dentures. Clinical outcome of dentures was assessed using ten criteria. RESULTS: The average confidence level of the students was found to be 2.17 in a 4-point scale. A two-sample test indicated that there is a significant difference in the overall level of confidence between female and male students (p value = 0.004). Moreover, a nonparametric correlation analysis revealed that there is no significant correlation between the overall level of confidence of each student and patient satisfaction regarding student performance, level of satisfaction of patients regarding dentures, and the quality of dentures as assessed by the clinicians (p value = 0.545, 0.877, and 0.801, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Students' level of confidence in carrying out complete denture procedures is satisfactory. Male students exhibited a better overall level of confidence than female students. However, the level of confidence exhibited by the dental students does not predict patient satisfaction or clinical outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-73827182020-07-27 Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? Thilakumara, Indika P. Prathibhani, Kaumudi U. Rasnayaka, Sumudu G. K. Abeysundara, Sachith P. Jayasinghe, Rasika M. Int J Dent Research Article MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-seven final-year dental students in the year 2019 and the first edentulous patient managed by them were recruited for the study. A fourteen-item questionnaire was given to the students to assess their level of confidence just before commencement of the treatment. Questionnaire for the patients was used to assess their satisfaction both with the operator and the dentures. Clinical outcome of dentures was assessed using ten criteria. RESULTS: The average confidence level of the students was found to be 2.17 in a 4-point scale. A two-sample test indicated that there is a significant difference in the overall level of confidence between female and male students (p value = 0.004). Moreover, a nonparametric correlation analysis revealed that there is no significant correlation between the overall level of confidence of each student and patient satisfaction regarding student performance, level of satisfaction of patients regarding dentures, and the quality of dentures as assessed by the clinicians (p value = 0.545, 0.877, and 0.801, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Students' level of confidence in carrying out complete denture procedures is satisfactory. Male students exhibited a better overall level of confidence than female students. However, the level of confidence exhibited by the dental students does not predict patient satisfaction or clinical outcome. Hindawi 2020-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7382718/ /pubmed/32724307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9752925 Text en Copyright © 2020 Indika P. Thilakumara et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Thilakumara, Indika P. Prathibhani, Kaumudi U. Rasnayaka, Sumudu G. K. Abeysundara, Sachith P. Jayasinghe, Rasika M. Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title | Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title_full | Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title_fullStr | Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title_full_unstemmed | Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title_short | Does the Level of Confidence Exhibited by Dental Students Predict the Outcome of Complete Denture Therapy? |
title_sort | does the level of confidence exhibited by dental students predict the outcome of complete denture therapy? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7382718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9752925 |
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