International Journal of Dentistry

Research Article

Dental Students’ Didactic and Psychomotor Skills Performance in Dental Anatomy and Preclinical Operative Dentistry Courses in a Saudi Governmental School

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation matrix and values of dental anatomy and preclinical operative dentistry didactic percentage scores with psychomotor skills percentage scores for male (M) and female (F) dental students.
 Didactic-dental anatomyDidactic-preclinical operativePsychomotor-dental anatomyPsychomotor-cavity preparationPsychomotor-composite restoration
Didactic-dental anatomy—    
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Didactic-preclinical operativeM: R = 0.545 ()——  
F: R = 0.632 ()——  
Psychomotor-dental anatomyM: R = 0.585 ()——  
F: R = 0.469 ()——  
Psychomotor-cavity preparation—M: R = 0.176 ()M: R = 0.558 ()— 
—F: R = 0.163 ()F: R = 0.360 ()— 
Psychomotor-composite restoration—M: R = 0.323 ()M: R = 0.337 ()M: R = 0.240 ()—
—F: R = 0.208 ()F: R = 0.285 ()F: R = 0.305 ()—