Abozaid Dena Ali, Hamed Dina, Hindy Karim Mostafa, Budair Mayar Moustafa, Hussein Ziad Baher, Hegazy Ziyad Islam, Boulos Dina Nabih Kamel
Department Community, Environmental, and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
School of Medicine, Newgiza University, Giza, Egypt.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2025 Jul 1;14(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13756-025-01591-w.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous effect on dental practice. Dental practice during the pandemic has been associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission. Adopting proper infection control measures in dentistry helps alleviate the risk of infection. The pandemic has created an even more challenging environment for dentists to perform their job safely, thus necessitating the adoption of very strict infection control measures for safe dental practice. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding COVID-19 safe dental measures among dentistry students currently in clinical training. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. The study included a total of 104 dental students, who took clinical practical sessions in a nongovernmental dentistry school, in Egypt. Data collection was performed via an online questionnaire. RESULTS: This study found that a total of 88.5% of the dental students had a satisfactory safe dental measures practice score. A total of 93.2% of the students had a positive attitude towards safe dental measures. Practice of hand hygiene was the most common safe dental practice among the students, and they practiced it all the time (82.7%), whereas checking patient temperature was the least common practice (28.8%). There was a statistically significant association between sex and hand hygiene (p = 0.023), checking patient temperature (p = 0.046). There was a positive moderate correlation between students' safe dental practice score and their attitude score (r = 0.470, p < 0.001). There was a weak inverse correlation between safe dental practice score and age (p = 0.029, r = (- 0.214)). CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: This study highlights key strengths and gaps in dental education, reinforcing the importance of safety protocols in enhancing professional standards and safeguarding public health. The findings support the integration of pandemic-era measures into standard infection control practices. Nonetheless, specific domains-particularly temperature screening and knowledge regarding the application of HEPA filtration systems-require further emphasis and curricular enhancement.
背景：新冠疫情对牙科诊疗产生了巨大影响。疫情期间的牙科诊疗与新冠病毒传播风险增加有关。在牙科领域采取适当的感染控制措施有助于降低感染风险。疫情给牙医安全开展工作创造了更具挑战性的环境，因此需要采取非常严格的感染控制措施以确保牙科诊疗安全。 目的：本研究旨在评估目前正在接受临床培训的牙科专业学生对新冠疫情期间安全牙科措施的知识、态度和实践情况。 方法：开展了一项横断面研究。该研究共纳入了104名牙科学生，他们在埃及的一所非政府牙科学校参加临床实践课程。通过在线问卷进行数据收集。 结果：本研究发现，共有88.5%的牙科学生在安全牙科措施实践方面得分令人满意。共有93.2%的学生对安全牙科措施持积极态度。手部卫生的实践是学生中最常见的安全牙科操作，他们一直都会这样做（82.7%），而检查患者体温是最不常见的操作（28.8%）。性别与手部卫生（p = 0.023）、检查患者体温（p = 0.046）之间存在统计学上的显著关联。学生的安全牙科实践得分与他们的态度得分之间存在中度正相关（r = 0.470，p < 0.001）。安全牙科实践得分与年龄之间存在弱负相关（p = 0.029，r = (-0.214)）。 结论与建议：本研究突出了牙科教育的关键优势和差距，强化了安全规程在提高专业标准和保障公众健康方面的重要性。研究结果支持将疫情时期的措施纳入标准感染控制实践中。尽管如此，特定领域——尤其是体温筛查以及关于高效空气过滤器（HEPA）过滤系统应用的知识——需要进一步强调和加强课程设置。
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