Research Article
Influence of Preclinical Training on Root Canal Treatment Technical Quality and Confidence Level of Undergraduate Dental Students
Table 5
Students’ perception regarding the quality of their undergraduate endodontic education.
| Perceived quality of undergraduate education | Attended elective endodontic course | Yes (N = 23) N (%) | No (N = 22) N (%) |
| Training time | Lacking | 6 (26.1%) | 10 (45.5%) | Neutral | 4 (17.4%) | 4 (18.2%) | Adequate | 13 (56.5%) | 8 (36.4%) |
| Lectures | Lacking | 0 | 5 (22.7%) | Neutral | 1(4.3%) | 4 (18.2%) | Adequate | 22 (95.7%) | 13 (59.1%) |
| Lab | Lacking | 6 (26.1%) | 6 (27.3%) | Neutral | 1 (4.3%) | 4 (18.2%) | Adequate | 16 (69.6%) | 12 (54.5%) |
| Overall training | Lacking | 3 (13%) | 4 (18.2%) | Neutral | 0 | 8 (36.4%) | Adequate | 20 (87%) | 10 (45.4%) |
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