Okumuş Ö, Yurdabakan ZZ. Misconceptions about Oral Diagnosis and Radiology among Dental Students: A Questionnaire Study.
Niger J Clin Pract 2023;
26:1659-1666. [PMID:
38044771 DOI:
10.4103/njcp.njcp_289_23]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Misconceptions are learning deficits that may cause clinical judgments in a dental practice to be made incorrectly.
AIM
This study aimed to identify and look into students' misconceptions regarding Oral Diagnosis and Radiology.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The fourth and fifth-grade students at the Altınbaş University Faculty of Dentistry were given a self-administered questionnaire that included multiple-choice questions about Oral Diagnosis/Medicine and Radiology. 106 students participated in the questionnaire and 50.9% of the participants were fourth-grade students, 49.1% of them were fifth-grade students. The questions were classified into two parts: five scenario-based questions and ten knowledge-based questions. Students' replies were evaluated for accuracy and confidence, and when a student was certain of giving an inaccurate response, misconceptions were noted. Two groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney-U test (P = 0.05).
RESULTS
A total of 1590 responses were collected. Regarding the question type, scenario-based questions had more misconceptions (19.6%) than knowledge-based questions (18.4%). Depending on the question, the majority of misconceptions were seen in the questions about denture stomatitis (46.2%) and radiographic contrast (38.7%).
CONCLUSIONS
To prevent misdiagnosis, it is essential to recognize and overcome misconceptions in Oral Diagnosis/Medicine and Radiology. Therefore this study assists students and lecturers in defining misconceptions and organizing precautions to avoid and fix them.
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