Assessment of knowledge and practices of additive manufacturing in dentistry among university teaching faculty in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent era, digitalization in the dental sciences has been observed in wide ranges. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess knowledge and practice of additive manufacturing (AM) in dentistry among university teaching faculty in Saudi Arabia.

Methods

A questionnaire was prepared and validated to distribute to the different dental colleges in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was divided into three parts: demographic information, knowledge and practices of AM among the dental teaching faculty. After receiving all the responses, descriptive statistics were used for the frequency distribution of all the responses.

Results

A total of 367 responses were received from the different faculty members. Most of the participants were male (67.30%), holding assistant

SUBMITTER: Alanazi KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893747 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature