Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the attitude of dental students towards considering Public Health Dentistry as their future career. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional survey was conducted, which included dental students from different years of stud...
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| author | Guntipalli M. Naidu Ghanasyam Prasad M. Chaitanya Ram Kandregula Suresh Babburi Pratap KVNR |
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| description | Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the attitude
of dental students towards considering Public Health Dentistry
as their future career.
Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional
survey was conducted, which included dental students from
different years of study. It consisted of 27 questions that were
graded on five point Likert scale.
Results: A total of 293 of the 320 registered undergraduate students participated in the study, with an overall response rate of
91.5%. Among the sample, 80 (27%) were males and 213 (73%)
were females. Among the total sample which was studied, it was
observed that only one third (35.4%) of them had high attitude
towards selecting Public Health Dentistry as a future career, and
nearly two thirds of them (58.02%) had an average attitude, with
very few students having low attitude (6.48%).
Conclusion: The present study concluded that there was an
average attitude of 58% among dental students, which showed
that they had a considerable amount of interest in pursuing post
graduation in this speciality. Efforts should be intensified, both by
dental council and by the dental colleges, to develop this speciality,
keeping in mind the increasing attitude of dental undergraduates
towards it. This also helps in increasing the number of dental
personnel who are specialized in implementation of oral health
policy, which does not exist in India. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad119766a2cc4abb88c6bb49ab429bea2022-12-21T19:15:26ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2014-02-018219920210.7860/JCDR/2014/6792.4059Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional StudyGuntipalli M. Naidu0Ghanasyam Prasad M.1Chaitanya Ram Kandregula2Suresh Babburi3Pratap KVNR4Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Drs. Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinavutappalli, Gannavaram-521286, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.Professor and HOD, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, St Joseph Dental College, Eluru, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Drs. Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, India. Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, Drs. Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinavutappalli, Gannavaram-521286, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Professor and HOD, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamatha Dental College, Khammam, India.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the attitude of dental students towards considering Public Health Dentistry as their future career. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional survey was conducted, which included dental students from different years of study. It consisted of 27 questions that were graded on five point Likert scale. Results: A total of 293 of the 320 registered undergraduate students participated in the study, with an overall response rate of 91.5%. Among the sample, 80 (27%) were males and 213 (73%) were females. Among the total sample which was studied, it was observed that only one third (35.4%) of them had high attitude towards selecting Public Health Dentistry as a future career, and nearly two thirds of them (58.02%) had an average attitude, with very few students having low attitude (6.48%). Conclusion: The present study concluded that there was an average attitude of 58% among dental students, which showed that they had a considerable amount of interest in pursuing post graduation in this speciality. Efforts should be intensified, both by dental council and by the dental colleges, to develop this speciality, keeping in mind the increasing attitude of dental undergraduates towards it. This also helps in increasing the number of dental personnel who are specialized in implementation of oral health policy, which does not exist in India.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4059/70-%206792_E(C)_F(T)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(NJH)_BO(NJH).pdfpublic health dentistrycareerattitude |
| spellingShingle | Guntipalli M. Naidu Ghanasyam Prasad M. Chaitanya Ram Kandregula Suresh Babburi Pratap KVNR Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research public health dentistry career attitude |
| title | Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Choosing Public Health Dentistry as a Career: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | choosing public health dentistry as a career a cross sectional study |
| topic | public health dentistry career attitude |
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