Research Article

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

Table 5

Overall responses (N) to the 4th question (A3) on preferred source of more information and its association with gender and academic levels.

QuestionN (%)GenderAcademic year
Male, n (%)Female, n (%) value1st, n (%)2nd, n (%)3rd, n (%)4th, n (%)5th, n (%) value

A41332 (19.5)90 (18.8)242 (19.8)0.20164 (17.0)91 (28.8)67 (20.3)55 (16.3)55 (16.1)<0.001
2513 (30.2)149 (31.1)364 (29.8)90 (23.9)85 (26.9)95 (28.8)107 (31.8)136 (39.9)
3667 (39.2)176 (36.7)491 (40.2)163 (43.4)103 (32.6)139 (42.1)135 (40.1)127 (37.2)
4188 (11.1)64 (13.4)124 (10.2)59 (15.7)37 (11.7)29 (8.8)40 (11.9)23 (6.7)

From where would you like to receive training on dental implants? (1) Short-term CDE programs and workshops conducted by implant companies. (2) One-year certificate or module-based courses conducted by colleges or trained implantologists. (3) Fellowship programs conducted by universities. (4) MSc programs (full time = 1 year, part time = 2 years).