Evaluation of undergraduate dental students' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards teledentistry: does a course enhance this?

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dc.contributor.authorAkçiçek, Gökçen
dc.contributor.authorKatı, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorZengin, Hatice Yağmur
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-22T14:10:55Z
dc.date.available2025-02-22T14:10:55Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Teledentistry is a part of telemedicine and can be used for dental diagnosis, dental care, consultation, and dental education. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of undergraduate dental students toward teledentistry, as well as to investigate the influence of enrolling in a teledentistry course on these variables. METHODS: A structured questionnaire-based online survey (Google Form) was used as the survey tool to evaluate the undergraduate dental students' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards teledentistry. All undergraduate dental students during the 2022-2023 academic year, were invited to join this questionnaire. The questionnaire was posted to the students who agreed to answer the survey online. Associations between categorical variables were evaluated using the Pearson Chi-square test or Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact test. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare two independent groups, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare more than two independent groups. All analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 23.0 (IBM Corp. Released 2015, Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.). The significance level was set at p < 0.05 for all analyses. Explanatory factor analysis and item analysis were used for the evaluation of the validity of the questionnaire. RESULTS: There were 293 participants from five classes, with a 36.08% response rate; 190 (64.8%) were female and 103 (35.2%) were male, with a median age of 21 years (minimum 17 years, maximum 44 years). In this study, 37.9% of the participants had heard of teledentistry, 30.7% knew what teledentistry is, approximately one-third of the students were aware that there is a course called teledentistry in our faculty, and only 11.6% took the course. Undergraduate dental students had high levels of knowledge and awareness about the advantages and limitations of teledentistry. Dental students who had taken the course had a more positive attitude towards using teledentistry. CONCLUSIONS: Enhancing dental students' knowledge and awareness of teledentistry could beneficially influence their utilization of teledentistry in their future careers. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: This study is not a clinical trial involving medicinal products or therapeutic interventions, so the clinical trial number is not applicable. © 2025. The Author(s).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12909-025-06758-y
dc.identifier.issn1472-6920
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid39891162en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85217731731en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage160en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06758-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/29889
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBMC medical educationen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250222
dc.subjectDental educationen_US
dc.subjectDental studentsen_US
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of undergraduate dental students' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards teledentistry: does a course enhance this?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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