Dental Students' Knowledge Related to Peri-Implantitis Diagnosis and Willingness to Treat or Refer: A Pilot Study
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This pilot study examined whether demographic factors affect student knowledge, ability to diagnose, and willingness to refer biological implant complications, specifically peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis. This study examined the association between student knowledge and ability to diagnose and the association between student knowledge or ability to diagnose and student willingness to treat or refer cases. A 24-question survey, approved by the UMKC IRB, was distributed to 214 third- and fourth-year dental students at UMKC. The survey was divided into three domains including student demographics, student ability to diagnose biological implant complications and their willingness to treat or refer, and student knowledge of biological implant complications. Associations were evaluated using 2 sample t-tests, Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests, and one-way variance (ANOVA) with Tukey pairwise post hoc tests. Data showed a statistically significant association between dental school class and knowledge of complications, ability to diagnose complications, and willingness to refer complications. There was not a statistically significant association between student knowledge and ability to diagnose implant complications or between student knowledge or ability to diagnose complications and the willingness to treat or refer. Overall, the results of this study suggest that dental school year is significantly associated with knowledge of, ability to diagnose, and willingness to refer biological implant complications.
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Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions
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M.S. (Master of Science)