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Nutritional knowledge of dental students
Author(s) -
Steel Joan,
Spencer John,
Widmer Richard
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1983.tb01088.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , medicine , medical education , dentistry , family medicine , psychology , pedagogy
A bstract — A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the nutritional knowledge of undergraduate dental students in the University of Melbourne. Only a moderate improvement in nutritional knowledge was evident over the five years of the dental course. Many common misconceptions were held. The results indicated the necessity for the introduction of improved nutrition education in the Dental School curriculum.