Effect of Caries Conceptualizing and Residential University Life

Sara Ibrahim Ahmed Hedia

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Caries, Dental

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06595589

Conceptualization of Caries

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to detect the conceptualization of dental caries among dental student and compare the caries prevalence in residential and non residential dental student

Full description

A face-to-face meeting will be held with the target student group, illustrating the study set up and seeking the participation approval. The students who will accept to participate in the study will receive a questionnaire including the caries conceptualization assessment inquiry, the caries prevention practice as well as the residential habits. All the participating students will be scheduled for dental examination to record their DMFT index. The digital responses will be coded, analyzed and correlated with the clinical findings.

Enrollment: 303 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 22 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria will be:

• Students already taught a dental cariology in 4th year of university.
• Students registered in the Galala dental program science year one.
• Medically free students.
• Students having at least 1year clinical practice.

Exclusion criteria will be:

• First, second-, and third-year students.
• Non dental students.