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Up Awareness of undergraduate dental students in Upper Egypt faculties about COVID 19 viral infection

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Dentistry

Abstract

Aim: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first to appear in Wuhan, China, in 2019. Being highly contagious, it started to spread rapidly throughout the entire world causing fear and anxiety among all nations with a very high mortality rate. Dentists are considered at an extremely substantial risk to be infected among all health care workers because they are working in close contact with their patients and also because of being regularly exposed to the aerosols, droplets and saliva splashing out of the patients' mouth. Subjects and Methods: This study was based on a questionnaire to assess the knowledge of the graduating dental students about the signs and symptoms of (COVID-19) infection and also to evaluate their awareness about the precautions and infection control measures required during the dental treatment to keep them safe and control the spread of the disease. A well-constructed and validated questionnaire was formed and its link was sent to dental students in all year grades at different universities in Upper Egypt. The data were collected, tabulated, and statistically analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Results: Result showed significant valued regarding that the dental students have a good understanding of COVID-19 and the precautions. Conclusion: As a result, it was concluded that the dental students have a good understanding of COVID-19 and the precautions that must be taken to provide adequate dental treatment for patients during the pandemic.

DOI

10.21608/aadj.2022.267328

Keywords

corona, COVID, Infection control, dental students, education

Authors

First Name

Zein

Last Name

Shatat

MiddleName

Abdou

Affiliation

Oral and maxillofacial Radiology , Faculty of Dentistry Assiut University

Email

zeinshatat@dent.aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Attia

MiddleName

Nahed

Affiliation

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdel Emam

MiddleName

Abdel Monem

Affiliation

Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Assiut University, Assiut , Egypt.

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Youssef

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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Volume

5

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

37397

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2022-03-27

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

269

Page End

278

Print ISSN

2682-2822

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https://aadj.journals.ekb.eg/article_267328.html

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974

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Journal

Publication Title

Al-Azhar Assiut Dental Journal

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https://aadj.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023