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Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students
BACKGROUND: Knowledge obtained at the undergraduate level regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) has an impact on future practice of dentists and paediatric dentists. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess final-year dental students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards MIH in all...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34702223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01911-7 |
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author | Hamza, Blend Elhennawy, Karim van Waes, Hubertus Papageorgiou, Spyridon N. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Knowledge obtained at the undergraduate level regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) has an impact on future practice of dentists and paediatric dentists. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess final-year dental students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards MIH in all Swiss universities. METHODS: A previously utilised survey (in both English and German) was distributed among final-year dental students in all Swiss dental schools (Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich). It probed students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding the diagnosis, prevalence, aetiology, and management of MIH, and was structured in two parts: knowledge/perception and clinical application. The students’ responses were analysed statistically with descriptive statistics. RESULTS: 113 out of 133 final-year Swiss dental students took part in the study (85%). Nearly all students were familiar with MIH (99%), but only 12% of them felt confident when diagnosing MIH clinically. Direct composite fillings (66%), indirect restorations (28%) and preformed stainless-steel crowns (26%) were chosen as most suitable treatment options for MIH-affected teeth. CONCLUSION: Final-year Swiss dental students are well informed about MIH. However, they report low level of confidence when clinically confronted with MIH-affected teeth regarding its diagnosis and treatment. Swiss Universities curricula should be revisited accordingly. |
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spelling | pubmed-85492302021-10-27 Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students Hamza, Blend Elhennawy, Karim van Waes, Hubertus Papageorgiou, Spyridon N. BMC Oral Health Research BACKGROUND: Knowledge obtained at the undergraduate level regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) has an impact on future practice of dentists and paediatric dentists. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess final-year dental students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards MIH in all Swiss universities. METHODS: A previously utilised survey (in both English and German) was distributed among final-year dental students in all Swiss dental schools (Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich). It probed students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding the diagnosis, prevalence, aetiology, and management of MIH, and was structured in two parts: knowledge/perception and clinical application. The students’ responses were analysed statistically with descriptive statistics. RESULTS: 113 out of 133 final-year Swiss dental students took part in the study (85%). Nearly all students were familiar with MIH (99%), but only 12% of them felt confident when diagnosing MIH clinically. Direct composite fillings (66%), indirect restorations (28%) and preformed stainless-steel crowns (26%) were chosen as most suitable treatment options for MIH-affected teeth. CONCLUSION: Final-year Swiss dental students are well informed about MIH. However, they report low level of confidence when clinically confronted with MIH-affected teeth regarding its diagnosis and treatment. Swiss Universities curricula should be revisited accordingly. BioMed Central 2021-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8549230/ /pubmed/34702223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01911-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Hamza, Blend Elhennawy, Karim van Waes, Hubertus Papageorgiou, Spyridon N. Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title | Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title_full | Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title_short | Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst Swiss dental students |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation amongst swiss dental students |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34702223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01911-7 |
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