Garg Deepanshu, Kapoor Deepika
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal.
Department of Pedodontics, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2020 Sep 27;58(229):677-680. doi: 10.31729/jnma.5115.
There is a global crisis which has been led by COVID-19. The patients undergoingdental procedures and dental professionals are at higher risk of contracting this disease owing toaerosols generated and a lot of face to face contact during the procedures. The aim of this study was to know the perceptions of dental students of COMS-TH regarding future of dentistry in Nepal amidCOVID-19 pandemic.
The present cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at COMS-TH, Bharatpur by sending an online e-survey questionnaire to 146 dental students out of which 99 responded. The e-survey questionnaire consisted of three parts which consisted of questions about demographics, knowledge about COVID-19 and their perceptions about future of dentistry.
The results of the study depicted that most of the students thought dentistry is good and noble profession and will recommend it to young medical aspirants. Most of them wanted to pursue post graduation courses in future giving preference to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
The study concluded that most of the dental students were satisfied with dentistry as their profession and wanted National Dental Association to fix the minimum charges of each dental procedure. Also there is a need to start more post graduation courses in existing institutions providing dental education as most of the students want to pursue it in future.
由新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）引发了一场全球危机。由于牙科诊疗过程中会产生气溶胶且有大量面对面接触，接受牙科治疗的患者和牙科专业人员感染这种疾病的风险更高。本研究的目的是了解奇旺医学院（COMS-TH）牙科专业学生对COVID-19大流行期间尼泊尔牙科未来的看法。
本横断面描述性研究在巴拉特普尔的奇旺医学院开展，通过向146名牙科专业学生发送在线电子调查问卷，其中99人做出了回应。电子调查问卷由三部分组成，包括有关人口统计学的问题、对COVID-19的了解以及他们对牙科未来的看法。
研究结果表明，大多数学生认为牙科是一个良好且高尚的职业，并会向年轻的医学有志者推荐。他们中的大多数人希望未来攻读研究生课程，优先选择口腔颌面外科。
该研究得出结论，大多数牙科专业学生对牙科作为他们的职业感到满意，并希望国家牙科协会确定每项牙科诊疗的最低收费。此外，由于大多数学生未来希望攻读研究生课程，因此有必要在现有的提供牙科教育的机构中开设更多的研究生课程。
