Dental Students’ Perception and Self-Perceived Confidence Level in Key Dental Procedures for General Practice and the Impact of Competency Implementation on Their Confidence Level, Part I (Prosthodontics and Conservative Dentistry)

Table 1

Comparison of the level of confidence in the ability to conduct key prosthodontic procedures between group 1 and group 2.

Procedure	Year	Mean	SD
Lab steps for fixed prosthesis	2016	2.84	1.165
	2019	2.74	1.233
Treatment plan for partially edentulous patient	2016	3.83	1.056
	2019	3.34	1.149
Using semiadjustable articulator	2016	2.73	1.262
	2019	2.92	1.158
Using an arbitrary face-bow transfer	2016	2.25	1.253
	2019	2.44	1.205
Surveying study cast for RPD planning	2016	3.44	1.164
	2019	3.15	1.132
Provide patient with acrylic RPD	2016	3.70	1.193
	2019	3.23	1.133
Provide patient with Co–Cr RPD	2016	3.77	1.109
	2019	3.56	1.079
Provide patient with complete dentures (CD)	2016	4.16	1.115
	2019	3.72	1.143
Provide patient with copy dentures	2016	2.82	1.236
	2019	2.69	1.172
Provide patient with immediate dentures	2016	2.67	1.322
	2019	2.32	1.215
Provide patient with over dentures	2016	2.50	1.165
	2019	2.37	1.139
Relining and rebasing CD	2016	3.01	1.259
	2019	2.98	1.204
Clinical repairing of acrylic denture	2016	2.91	1.216
	2019	2.86	1.228
Giving PII’s of removable prosthesis	2016	4.12	0.993
	2019	3.82	1.223
Dealing with CD postinsertion complaints	2016	3.97	0.949
	2019	3.76	1.086
Giving OHI’s for denture patients	2016	4.17	0.979
	2019	3.95	1.137
Diagnosing denture induced stomatitis	2016	3.77	1.127
	2019	3.66	1.112
Lab steps of Co–Cr RPD	2016	3.27	1.253
	2019	3.18	1.194
Dealing with geriatric patients	2016	3.25	1.160
	2019	3.09	1.152
Familiarity with implants retained CD and RPD	2016	2.86	1.178
	2019	2.87	1.201

RPD, removable partial dentures.