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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Clinical dental students' knowledge regarding proper dental settings for treating patient during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.

Fahd A Aljarbou, Sundus M Bukhary, Abdullah U Althemery, Abdullah S Alqedairi

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Fahd A AljarbouFahd A Aljarbou, BDS, MS. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Sundus M BukharySundus M Bukhary, BDS, MSc. Lecturer, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah U AlthemeryAbdullah U Althemery, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah S AlqedairiAbdullah S Alqedairi, BDS, MS. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.

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objectivesTo investigate the clinical dental students' knowledge on the proper dental setting during COVID-19.

methodsUsing multicenter cross-sectional study, a 10-items questionnaire was distributed in April 2020 among senior dental students from two dental schools. It comprised three main domains: demographic questions, questions investigating student's access to the proper recommendations of dental settings during COVID-19 and the specific recommendations questions.

resultsThe questionnaire was sent to 654 clinical dental students and the total number of respondents were 267 representing a response rate of 40.83%. The overall knowledge mean was low (1±0.92). Gender was not a statistically significant factor affecting the knowledge score (P > 0.05). Most of the participants never visited the Saudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Saudi CDC) website and received no guidance or advice regarding proper dental practices during COVID-19. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the mean knowledge score and access to knowledge variables (P < 0.05).

conclusionIt was noted that clinical dental students have low knowledge on the proper dental settings during COVID-19 pandemic that was recommended by the Saudi CDC guidelines and they must be equipped with adequate knowledge from reliable sources to overcome their insufficiencies such as a well-structured and dynamic curriculum.

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COVID-19Dental studentsKnowledgeMulticenterPandemicSaudi Center for Disease Control (Saudi CDC)

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