Shree M Kavya, Jeevanandan Ganesh, Govindaraju Lavanya
Departments of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2022 Dec;13(Suppl 2):S447-S452. doi: 10.4103/japtr.japtr_298_22. Epub 2022 Dec 30.
Forensic odontology is an expanding field within the domain of forensic sciences, where dental knowledge is applied in identification of individuals through analysis of the dental-related records. The study goal was to determine if undergraduate students were aware of the forensic dentistry course. A cross-sectional survey was initiated about the need for forensic courses in UG program. Nearly 100 students participated in this survey, data have been collected, and graph has been plotted. Data have been collected with the help of SPSS software; data have been analyzed and plotted as graph. One hundred students responded the survey; only limited people's opinions have been collected. The result varies among the students; 58% knows about the importance of forensic odontology in dentistry using Chi-square value, = 0.09. The majority of students, who replied to this poll, had some understanding and awareness of forensic odontology in dentistry, but they need to learn more about how it is practiced.
法医牙科学是法医学领域中一个不断发展的领域,在该领域中,通过对与牙齿相关的记录进行分析,将牙科知识应用于个体识别。研究目标是确定本科生是否了解法医牙科学课程。针对本科课程中法医课程的需求开展了一项横断面调查。近100名学生参与了此次调查,数据已收集,并绘制了图表。数据是借助SPSS软件收集的;数据已进行分析并绘制为图表。100名学生回应了调查;仅收集了有限的人的意见。学生的结果各不相同;使用卡方值,58%的学生知道法医牙科学在牙科中的重要性,P = 0.09。参与此次民意调查的大多数学生对法医牙科学在牙科中的应用有一定的理解和认识,但他们需要更多地了解其实际操作方法。