Mezuniyet öncesi öðrencilerin protetik diþhekimliðindeki tecrübe ve özgüvenleri

Amaç: Bu çalýþmanýn amacý, Türkiye’deki bir diþhekimliði fakültesinde son sýnýf öðrencilerinin protetik diþ tedavisindeki tecrübe ve özgüvenlerini deðerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve yöntem: Öðrencilerin protetik prosedürlerdeki klinik becerilerini sorgulayan bir anket formu oluþturuldu (n: 44). 20 soru çoktan seçmeli, 1 soru açýk uçlu ve 3 soru
Likert tipi (1-5) skala içerecek þekilde toplamda 24 soruluk formlar öðrencilere daðýtýldý. Sonuçlar istatistiksel olarak deðerlendirildi.
Bulgular: Öðrencilerin %40’ý protetik diþ tedavisinin diþhekimliðinin en zor alaný olduðunu bildirdi. Öðrenciler kendilerini en çok, diþ kesimi (2,89), post ölçüsü alma (2,84), tam protezlerde oklüzal dikey boyut belirleme (2,36), parsiyel protezlerde oklüzal dikey boyut belirleme (2,21), tam protezlerde kenar þekillendirme (2,50) ve parsiyel protezlerde kenar þekillendirme (2,32) sýrasýnda güvensiz hissettiklerini bildirdi.
Sonuç: Protetik diþ tedavisi ders müfredatýnda, öðrencilerin kendilerini yetersiz hissettikleri konular daha fazla vurgulanmalýdýr.

Undergraduate students’ experience and self-assessed confidence in prosthetic dentistry

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the final year students’ experience and confidence in prosthetic dentistry within a dental school in Turkey.
Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was prepared to assess the students’ experience of clinical skills in prosthetic procedures (n: 44). Twenty questions were multiple-choice;
1 question was open-ended and 3 questions used a Likerttype scale ranging from 1 (very little confident) to 5 (very confident). The data were statistically analyzed.
Results: Forty percent of the students thought that prosthodontics was the most difficult field in dentistry. Students rated themselves as being least confident in tooth preparation (2.89), making impression for post-core (2.84), determination of occlusal vertical dimension for complete (2.36) and removable partial dentures (2.21), followed by
peripheral sealing for complete (2.50) and removable partial dentures (2.32).
Conclusions: There are lots of subjects in which the students reported a lack of confidence that warrants greater emphasis in the undergraduate prosthodontic curriculum.