Availability of Dental Services for Medical Students in Georgia

Socratic Lectures 8 Pub Date : 2023-05-03 DOI:10.55295/psl.2023.ii5

Sophio Samkharadze, M. Zurmukhtashvili, Eka Kokhreidze, É. Kharashvili, Sesili Beriashvili

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Oral health is important issue in field of public health and can be negatively affected by psycho-emotional factors. Foreign medical students can be subjected to oral disease risk factors and therefore be in significant need for regular dental care, but there is a lack of in-formation how good students access the dental clinics. Study aimed to evaluate the acces-sibility to dental care for foreign medical students in Georgia. We conducted an online survey in duration of two weeks in October – November 2022. Study sample were medical undergraduate students, they answered 12 questions about frequency and type of dental visits, about availability and quality of dental care they received in Georgia. Overall from 270 medical undergraduate students aged between 18-45 years, 70% were male and 30% female. 70% were from Jordan, Iran - 15%, Egypt - 4%; Great Britain - 4%, France - 4% and Rwanda - 4%. In their countries 50% of students used to visit dental clinics every 6 months for regular check-up (70%); professional cleaning (31%) and dental pain (27%). 81.48% of interviewed students have never visited a dental clinic in Georgia. Among them who vis-ited, the purpose was check-up (65%) and dental pain (30%). For the source of information about dental clinics the students named internet (60%). Access to dental care was rated as medium (37.50%), while overall satisfaction was rated as normal (47.62%). The study showed very low rate of referral to the dentist. However, among those who visited the clin-ic, their evaluations were satisfactory. We can estimate the lack of information as an im-portant barrier for students. In addition, some students arrived in Georgia only a few months before the study started, so there might be no need to visit dentist in the time inter-val studied. Further research is needed to clearly identify possible barriers for dental care for medical students. Keywords: Oral health; Dental care; Accessibility of dental care; Medical students

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格鲁吉亚医科学生提供牙科服务的情况

口腔健康是公共卫生领域的重要问题，心理情绪因素会对口腔健康产生负面影响。外国医科学生可能受到口腔疾病风险因素的影响，因此非常需要定期的牙科护理，但缺乏关于优秀学生如何进入牙科诊所的信息。本研究旨在评估外国医学生在格鲁吉亚接受牙科护理的可及性。我们在2022年10月至11月进行了为期两周的在线调查。研究样本是医学本科生，他们回答了12个问题，关于牙科就诊的频率和类型，以及他们在格鲁吉亚获得的牙科护理的可用性和质量。总体而言，年龄在18-45岁之间的270名医学本科生中，70%为男性，30%为女性。70%来自约旦，伊朗- 15%，埃及- 4%;英国- 4%，法国- 4%，卢旺达- 4%。在他们的国家，50%的学生过去每6个月到牙科诊所进行定期检查(70%);专业清洁(31%)和牙痛(27%)。81.48%的受访学生从未去过格鲁吉亚的牙科诊所。其中，65%的人是为了检查牙齿，30%的人是为了牙痛。对于牙科诊所的信息来源，学生选择互联网(60%)。对口腔保健的满意度为中等(37.50%)，总体满意度为正常(47.62%)。研究显示，转诊到牙医那里的比率非常低。然而，在那些去诊所的人中，他们的评价是令人满意的。我们可以估计，缺乏信息是学生学习的一个重要障碍。此外，一些学生在研究开始前几个月才到达乔治亚州，所以在研究期间可能没有必要去看牙医。需要进一步的研究来清楚地确定医学生牙科保健的可能障碍。关键词:口腔卫生;牙科保健;牙科保健的可及性;医学专业的学生

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