Open AccessAttitude toward Public Health Dentistry as a career among dental students in Odisha: A Cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Nupur Sharma,
Kittu Jain,
Soumik Kabasi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dental research journal.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2008-0255
pISSN - 1735-3327
DOI - 10.4103/1735-3327.197042
Subject(s) - likert scale , cross sectional study , specialty , positive attitude , test (biology) , workforce , medicine , family medicine , dentistry , public health , scale (ratio) , dental public health , psychology , medical education , nursing , social psychology , developmental psychology , paleontology , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , economics , biology , economic growth
Knowledge of dental students' expectations of their profession as well as their attitudes to study a particular specialty of dentistry is of great importance. These attitudes and expectations make studying dentistry meaningful to dental students and society and understanding these factors facilitate workforce planning in the dental sector The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of dental students towards considering Public Health Dentistry as their future career.