Dental student readiness to treat special care patients upon graduation.

Rosa Moreno LópezIain BovairdBelisa Olmo GonzálezRasha Abu-Eid

Published in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2023)

Students from both Universities agreed that more clinical practice might be required for them to further their skills to treat special needs patients upon graduation, which correlates with the need to have more practical sessions to consolidate competency 4 (communication skills with SCD) and competency 6 (clinical management of patients requiring SCD).

Keyphrases

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