Thilakumara Indika P, Prathibhani Kaumudi U, Rasnayaka Sumudu G K, Abeysundara Sachith P, Jayasinghe Rasika M
Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Int J Dent. 2020 Jul 17;2020:9752925. doi: 10.1155/2020/9752925. eCollection 2020.
Fifty-seven final-year dental students in the year 2019 and the first edentulous patient managed by them were recruited for the study. A fourteen-item questionnaire was given to the students to assess their level of confidence just before commencement of the treatment. Questionnaire for the patients was used to assess their satisfaction both with the operator and the dentures. Clinical outcome of dentures was assessed using ten criteria.
The average confidence level of the students was found to be 2.17 in a 4-point scale. A two-sample test indicated that there is a significant difference in the overall level of confidence between female and male students ( value = 0.004). Moreover, a nonparametric correlation analysis revealed that there is no significant correlation between the overall level of confidence of each student and patient satisfaction regarding student performance, level of satisfaction of patients regarding dentures, and the quality of dentures as assessed by the clinicians ( value = 0.545, 0.877, and 0.801, respectively).
Students' level of confidence in carrying out complete denture procedures is satisfactory. Male students exhibited a better overall level of confidence than female students. However, the level of confidence exhibited by the dental students does not predict patient satisfaction or clinical outcome.
招募了2019年的57名牙科专业最后一年的学生以及他们诊治的首位无牙颌患者参与该研究。在治疗开始前，向学生发放了一份包含14个条目的问卷，以评估他们的信心水平。向患者发放的问卷用于评估他们对操作者和义齿的满意度。使用10项标准评估义齿的临床效果。
学生的平均信心水平在4分制中为2.17。双样本检验表明，男女学生的总体信心水平存在显著差异（值 = 0.004）。此外，非参数相关分析显示，每个学生的总体信心水平与患者对学生表现的满意度、患者对义齿的满意度以及临床医生评估的义齿质量之间均无显著相关性（值分别为0.545、0.877和0.801）。
学生在进行全口义齿修复程序时的信心水平令人满意。男学生的总体信心水平高于女学生。然而，牙科学生表现出的信心水平并不能预测患者满意度或临床效果。
