Assessment of knowledge and attitude towards teledentistry during COVID pandemic among undergraduate dentistry students and interns of a private dental institute of Nagpur city

Journal of Advances in Dental Practice and Research Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.25259/jadpr_7_2022

A. Dhopte, A. Kahar, Jayashree Joshi, U. Radke

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The objective of the study were to assess the knowledge and evaluate the attitude toward teledentistry during COVID pandemic among undergraduate dental students and interns of a private dental institute of Nagpur-MS. The study was conducted among the UG dentistry students and interns of VSPM Dental College & Research Centre, Nagpur, over a period of 1 month. A total of 307 students and interns were surveyed in this study. Out of them, 175 (57%) said that they were aware of the term teledentistry. Two hundred and twenty-seven (74%) participants felt that teledentistry can improve the reach of oral health care to rural areas and during pandemic and 256 (83%) said that they want to practice teledentistry. The knowledge of interns regarding teledentistry was good. Their attitude toward applying it in the profession was satisfactory. More than 80% of students were willing to practice teledentistry and 60% thought that it is the future of dentistry. The future perspective will be assessing more students and interns for more insight on topic.

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那格浦尔市一家私立牙科研究所牙科本科生和实习生在COVID大流行期间对远程牙科知识和态度的评估

本研究的目的是了解纳格浦尔私立牙科研究所牙科本科生和实习生在COVID - 19大流行期间对远程牙科的知识和态度。该研究是在那格浦尔VSPM牙科学院和研究中心的UG牙科学生和实习生中进行的，为期一个月。本研究共调查了307名学生及实习生。其中，175人(57%)说他们知道“远程牙科”这个词。227名(74%)参与者认为，远程牙科可以改善农村地区和大流行期间口腔保健的覆盖面，256名(83%)参与者表示，他们希望从事远程牙科。实习生在远程牙科方面的知识很好。他们对将其应用于专业的态度是令人满意的。超过80%的学生愿意从事远程牙科，60%的学生认为这是牙科的未来。未来的观点将是评估更多的学生和实习生，以获得更多关于主题的见解。

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