A Multi-National Questionnaire-Based Analysis of Dental Students' Knowledge of the Management of Deep Caries and the Exposed Pulp.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and aims

To evaluate knowledge regarding the management of deep carious lesions and exposed pulps among undergraduate and postgraduate endodontic students from ten dental institutions across ten countries, and the impact of operator (material, antibiotic prescription) and patient-related (age, symptoms) factors on their treatment protocols.

Methods

An online questionnaire was distributed to evaluate student knowledge of the management of deep caries and exposed pulp related to four clinical scenarios. Simple descriptive statistics were used to describe the data and McNemar tests were employed to identify significant differences between the scenarios. The P-value was set at 5%.

Results

A total of 435 undergraduates and 139 postgraduates from ten dental sch

SUBMITTER: Nagendrababu V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12173050 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature