Investigating the role of internet-based educational application in the dental sciences.

Samar A Alsaleh, Abeer S Alzawawi, Alanood A Alzuhair, Sara A Kalagi, Ebtissam M Al-Madi, Ashit Kumar Dutta

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Samar A AlsalehDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abeer S AlzawawiDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alanood A AlzuhairAssistant Consultant in Advanced General Dentistry at Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sara A KalagiLecturer in Restorative Dentistry, Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Ebtissam M Al-MadiDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Ashit Kumar DuttaDepartment of Computer Science and Information Systems, College of Applied Sciences, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh, 13713, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

King Saud University · SAAlmaarefa UniversityKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SANational Guard Health Affairs · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study intended to identify the significance of the online information retrieval system (IRS) in evidence-based dentistry (EBD). Thus, the researchers apply a set of pre-and post-tests to evaluate the current knowledge of clinicians and students on online IRS.

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PMID38173526

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23643

PMCPMC10761792

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