Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, BAU International University, Batumi, Georgia.
J Dent Educ. 2021 Jan;85(1):60-68. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12385. Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a burning topic and use of AI in our day-to-day life has increased exponentially. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes and perceptions of Turkish dental students towards AI and to provide information about their opinions to use of AI in dentistry.
A 22-question survey was distributed through Google Forms to all dental students at 9 Turkish dental schools in March 2019. It consisted of various sections aiming to evaluate the dental students' knowledge and attitudes toward AI and possible applications in dentistry. Respondents' anonymity was ensured.
A total of 1103 students (650 female, 453 male; mean age was 21.36 ± 1.93 years) responded to the questionnaire for a 21.69% response rate. Of these, about 48.40% had basic knowledge about AI technologies and 10.6% stated that they had no information sources about AI. 85.70% agreed that dentistry would be revolutionized by AI but 28.60% did not agree that AI could replace themselves in the near future. In addition, 74.60% and 79.80% of agreed on topics about AI to be included in undergraduate and postgraduate dental education, respectively.
Although participants have insufficient knowledge of AI, they are willing to improve their knowledge in this field. Participants shared an optimistic views and thought that AI will have a positive impact on dental future practice. Follow-up surveys and multinational studies should be conducted to further explore these issues.
人工智能（AI）是一个热门话题，我们日常生活中对 AI 的使用呈指数级增长。本研究的目的是评估土耳其牙科学生对 AI 的态度和看法，并提供他们对 AI 在牙科中应用的看法的信息。
2019 年 3 月，通过 Google 表单向 9 所土耳其牙科学校的所有牙科学生分发了一份包含 22 个问题的调查问卷。它由多个部分组成，旨在评估牙科学生对 AI 的知识和态度，以及 AI 在牙科中的可能应用。确保了受访者的匿名性。
共有 1103 名学生（650 名女性，453 名男性；平均年龄为 21.36 ± 1.93 岁）对问卷做出了回应，回应率为 21.69%。其中，约 48.40%的学生对 AI 技术有基本的了解，10.6%的学生表示他们没有 AI 信息来源。85.70%的人同意 AI 将使牙科发生革命，但 28.60%的人不同意 AI 在不久的将来能够取代他们。此外，74.60%和 79.80%的人分别同意在本科和研究生牙科教育中纳入 AI 相关主题。
尽管参与者对 AI 的了解不足，但他们愿意在这一领域提高自己的知识。参与者对 AI 持乐观的看法，并认为 AI 将对牙科未来的实践产生积极影响。应进行后续调查和跨国研究，以进一步探讨这些问题。
