Table 4 Assessment of ECC-related practice of dental undergraduates and residents (N = 422)
Responding, n (%) | Total, n (%) | p Value by Chi-square test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Undergraduates | Residents | ||||||
4th-year | 5th-year | 1st-year | 2nd-year | 3rd-year | |||
Have you ever seen an ECC clinical case? | |||||||
Yes | 20 (32.8) | 27 (50.0) | 41 (45.0) | 59 (53.6) | 65 (61.3) | 212 (50.2) | 0.003 |
No | 38 (62.3) | 24 (44.4) | 38 (41.8) | 45 (40.9) | 30 (28.3) | 175 (41.5) | |
Not sure | 3 (4.9) | 3 (5.6) | 12 (13.2) | 6 (5.5) | 11 (10.4) | 35 (8.3) | |
Have you ever examined and diagnosed an ECC case? | |||||||
Yes | 7 (11.5) | 5 (9.26) | 21 (23.1) | 28 (25.5) | 22 (20.8) | 83 (19.7) | 0.052 |
No | 54 (88.5) | 49 (90.7) | 70 (76.9) | 82 (74.6) | 84 (79.3) | 339 (80.3) | |
How frequently do you treat caries for children in the clinic? | |||||||
Daily | 1 (1.6) | 4 (7.4) | 4 (4.4) | 5 (4.6) | 2 (1.9) | 16 (3.8) | 0.000 |
Weekly | 5 (8.2) | 7 (13.0) | 19 (20.9) | 28 (25.6) | 34 (32.1) | 93 (22.0) | |
Month | 7 (11.5) | 8 (14.8) | 29 (31.9) | 36 (32.7) | 28 (26.4) | 108 (25.6) | |
Yearly | 48 (78.7) | 35 (64.8) | 39 (42.9) | 41 (37.3) | 42 (39.6) | 205 (48.6) | |
How frequently do you give parents advice on their children’s oral health? | |||||||
Always | 23 (37.7) | 22 (40.7) | 40 (44.0) | 60 (54.6) | 52 (49.1) | 197 (46.7) | 0.159 |
Sometimes | 21 (34.4) | 13 (24.1) | 23 (25.3) | 20 (18.2) | 28 (26.4) | 105 (24.9) | |
Occasionally | 11 (18.0) | 16 (29.6) | 21 (23.1) | 26 (23.6) | 15 (14.2) | 89 (21.1) | |
Never | 6 (9.8) | 3 (5.6) | 7 (7.7) | 4 (3.6) | 11 (10.4) | 31 (7.4) | |