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Indian Journal of Forensic Odontology

Volume  11, Issue 2, Oct-Dec 2018, Pages 59-67
 

Original Article

A look into Forensic Odontology: Knowledge and Awareness among Dental Students of AIMST University, Malaysia

Veena Naik1, Saurabh Prakash2, Noorul Adilah Bt Aris Aditan3, Ngo Wei Shan4

1Associate Professor, Dept. of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthodontics, 3,4BDS Graduate, Faculty of Dentistry, AIMST University, Jalan Bedong, Semeling, 08100 Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfo.0974.505X.11218.3

Abstract

  Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, awareness and necessity of forensic odontologyamong the students of AIMSTU university. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, institution-based survey was conducted among 200 undergraduate clinical years, dental students. Simple random sampling was done. Each participant was given a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of a set of 15 questions. Questions comprised of both yes or no and multiple choices. The answers received were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Results: All the participants were aware of forensic odontology, a branch in dentistry, yet overall results in current study shows only 52% graded as good, 39.5% of students as fair and 8.5% were graded as poor, depending on the number of correct answers. 78% of respondent’s feel the knowledge they attain is very less regarding the subject and therefore wants it to be incorporated in the syllabus. Whereas only 67% of students wish to attend the seminars and workshops related to forensic odontology. Conclusion: 13 dental schools in Malaysia but none of them are offering this course; hence Forensic odontology must be introduced into the BDS curriculum efficiently as a separate subject so that the students get aware and familiar with the required knowledge. Thus the nation needs more of these qualified forensic odontologists. 

Keywords: Awareness; Undergraduate Dental Students; Forensic Odontology; Knowledge; Malaysian BDS Curriculum; Survey.


Corresponding Author : Veena Naik, Associate Professor, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, AIMST University, Jalan Bedong, Semeling, 08100 Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.