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A Survey on the Perception about the Future of Dentistry among Students Pursuing Dentistry
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KAMALLI.M , S.SANGEETHA
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Scientific discoveries form the basis for education, research, technology and health care in all health professions. The challenge in the profession is to improve the quality of oral health among the public. The combined efforts of education, research and practice is necessary for the progress of the field. The aim of the study is to know the perception about the future of dentistry among students pursuing dentistry. Questionnaire was framed to understand the perception of on the various aspects & feasibility of change in the field of dentistry in the coming years. The questionnaire was distributed through online survey link to dental students. The data was collected and statistically analyzed using SPSS software. Pearson chi square test was also done. The confidence interval is 95%.P-value<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. About 97.3% of the participants responded that social media has great influence in dentistry and will help to flourish dentistry in the coming years.96.5% of the participants responded that there will be an increase in global dental care market and the results reveal that dental students had satisfactory awareness about progress in technologies. From the study, it was concluded that the dental students had immense knowledge about the growth and future developments of the dental industry and had a wide perspective about all the aspects of dentistry including digital advancements, global dental market. At the same time, further awareness in CAD designing and utilisation of biomaterials in dentistry can be enhanced by means of conducting seminars.
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Future; dentistry; technology; developments; perception.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.272
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