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Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates
Forensic odontology is an expanding field within the domain of forensic sciences, where dental knowledge is applied in identification of individuals through analysis of the dental-related records. The study goal was to determine if undergraduate students were aware of the forensic dentistry course....
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9926616/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36798568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/japtr.japtr_298_22 |
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author | Shree, M. Kavya Jeevanandan, Ganesh Govindaraju, Lavanya |
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description | Forensic odontology is an expanding field within the domain of forensic sciences, where dental knowledge is applied in identification of individuals through analysis of the dental-related records. The study goal was to determine if undergraduate students were aware of the forensic dentistry course. A cross-sectional survey was initiated about the need for forensic courses in UG program. Nearly 100 students participated in this survey, data have been collected, and graph has been plotted. Data have been collected with the help of SPSS software; data have been analyzed and plotted as graph. One hundred students responded the survey; only limited people's opinions have been collected. The result varies among the students; 58% knows about the importance of forensic odontology in dentistry using Chi-square value, P = 0.09. The majority of students, who replied to this poll, had some understanding and awareness of forensic odontology in dentistry, but they need to learn more about how it is practiced. |
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spelling | pubmed-99266162023-02-15 Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates Shree, M. Kavya Jeevanandan, Ganesh Govindaraju, Lavanya J Adv Pharm Technol Res Original Article Forensic odontology is an expanding field within the domain of forensic sciences, where dental knowledge is applied in identification of individuals through analysis of the dental-related records. The study goal was to determine if undergraduate students were aware of the forensic dentistry course. A cross-sectional survey was initiated about the need for forensic courses in UG program. Nearly 100 students participated in this survey, data have been collected, and graph has been plotted. Data have been collected with the help of SPSS software; data have been analyzed and plotted as graph. One hundred students responded the survey; only limited people's opinions have been collected. The result varies among the students; 58% knows about the importance of forensic odontology in dentistry using Chi-square value, P = 0.09. The majority of students, who replied to this poll, had some understanding and awareness of forensic odontology in dentistry, but they need to learn more about how it is practiced. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-12 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9926616/ /pubmed/36798568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/japtr.japtr_298_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shree, M. Kavya Jeevanandan, Ganesh Govindaraju, Lavanya Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title | Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title_full | Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title_short | Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
title_sort | knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9926616/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36798568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/japtr.japtr_298_22 |
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