Preferred Source and Perceived Need of More Information about Dental Implants by the Undergraduate Dental Students of Nepal: All Nepal Survey

Table 4

Overall responses (N) to the 3rd question (A3) on preferred source of more information and its association with gender and academic levels.

Question		N (%)	Gender			Academic year
			Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)	value	1st, n (%)	2nd, n (%)	3rd, n (%)	4th, n (%)	5th, n (%)	value
A3	1	387 (22.8)	97 (20.3)	290 (23.8)	0.401	73 (19.4)	80 (25.3)	47 (14.2)	74 (22.0)	113 (33.1)	<0.001
	2	408 (24.0)	121 (25.3)	287 (23.5)		78 (20.7)	68 (21.5)	81 (24.5)	65 (19.3)	116 (34.0)
	3	145 (8.5)	42 (8.8)	103 (8.4)		33 (8.8)	29 (9.2)	37 (11.2)	31 (9.2)	15 (4.4)
	4	692 (40.7)	195 (40.7)	497 (40.7)		180 (47.9)	125 (39.6)	147 (44.5)	156 (46.3)	84 (24.6)
	5	68 (4.0)	24 (5.0)	44 (3.6)		12 (3.2)	14 (4.4)	18 (5.5)	11 (3.3)	13 (3.8)

From where would you like to get additional reliable information about dental implants? (1) Short-term CDE programs and workshops conducted by the implant companies. (2) One-year certificate or module-based courses conducted by colleges or trained implantologists. (3) Professional newsletters and books. (4) Dental consultants and specialists. (5) Study groups and the Internet.