Diagnosis and Management of Common Oral lesions in Saudi Arabia among Dental Senior Dental Students: Knowledge and Attitude.

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Lecturer and Orofacial Pain Specialist, Dental Sleep Medicine College of Dentistry, King Saud University

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of Saudi senior dental students in diagnosing and management of common oral lesions.
Materials and Methods: An electronic self-administered questionnaire comprising of 22 close‑ended questions related to clinical cases was used in this study. Eighteen questions were for assessing students’ knowledge and four questions for assessing their attitude, interest and source of information in diagnosing and management of common oral lesions. Data of 53 female students were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill, USA).
Results: The students’ response rate was 92%. A 94% of the students were able to correctly diagnose the clinical cases and 78.5% of them were able to correctly manage them. Most students (61.22%) rated their knowledge as moderate, while 30.61% considered it to be little, and 8.16% rated it as high. Regarding students’ interest to treating oral lesions in the future, vast majority (59.18%) expressed the little interest while 26.53% were very interested and 14.29% were not interested.
Conclusion: The present study demonstrated adequate knowledge of senior female dental students at King Saud University in diagnosing and managing common oral lesions. On the other hand, majority of students showed little interest towards oral medicine clinics. This finding highlights the need to establish appropriate educational strategies to increase student enthusiasm toward oral medicine.

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Egyptian Dental Journal
Volume 69, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
July (Oral Medicine, X-Ray, Oral Biology & Oral Pathology)
July 2023
Pages 1993-1998

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