Enhancing Dental Students' Confidence in Clinical Competence: Insights from a Study at Umeå University

Posted: December 5, 2024
A study at Umeå University, Sweden, evaluated dental students' confidence levels in performing various dentistry tasks before and after a clinical internship. While confidence remained mostly unchanged post-internship, there was a notable increase in confidence for tooth extractions. Students felt least confident in managing acute dental trauma and treating cavities in young children but were more confident in tasks like obtaining radiographic surveys and debriding periodontally compromised dentition. The study suggests optimizing clinical training in dental education to enhance students' confidence in specific procedures.

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