Misconceptions about oral diagnosis and radiology among dental students: a questionnaire study
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2023
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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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Dental education, Misconceptions, Oral diagnosis, Oral medicine, Oral radiology
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Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
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26
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11
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Okumuş, Ö., Yurdabakan, Z. Z. (2023). Misconceptions about oral diagnosis and radiology among dental students: a questionnaire study. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 26(11), 1659-1666.
