
Endodontics: Dental Undergraduate Students’ Perception of the Speciality
Author(s) -
Rajan Jairath,
Vandana Sadananda,
Mithra N Hegde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i53a33654
Subject(s) - endodontics , dentistry , medical education , medicine , orthodontics
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the dental undergraduate students’ perception of the dental speciality Endodontics
Material and Methods: Multiple-choice questionnaire was distributed to 82 final year dental undergraduate students and 88 interns. The analysis of data was performed using methods of descriptive analysis.
Results: 79.27% of the final year students and 79.55% of interns preferred to pursue Endodontics as a future speciality course. An increase in the understanding of the speciality overall was observed among the interns.
Conclusion: The undergraduate dental students were reasonably informed the speciality Endodontics.