Survey of the Benefits, Necessity, and Ethics of Dental Student-to-Student Injections
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Dental students perceive student-to-student (STS) local anesthetic injections as beneficial and ethical. Those who participated in STS injections reported higher agreement on their benefits, necessity, and ethics compared to those who did not.
Area Of Science
- Dental Education
- Medical Simulation
- Anesthesiology Training
Background
- Student-to-student (STS) local anesthetic injections are a long-standing dental education method.
- Concerns include student pain, anxiety, privacy, risk, and consent.
- This study investigates dental student perceptions of STS injection benefits, necessity, and ethics.
Purpose Of The Study
- To examine dental student perceptions of student-to-student (STS) local anesthetic injections.
- To compare perceptions between students who participated in STS injections and those who did not.
Main Methods
- Surveys administered to Roseman University dental classes of 2024 and 2025.
- Class of 2025 participated in STS injections; Class of 2024 did not.
- Likert scale responses assessed agreement on benefits, necessity, and ethics of performing and receiving STS injections.
Main Results
- 98 students surveyed (51 from Class of 2024, 47 from Class of 2025).
- Class of 2025 showed significantly higher agreement on benefits, necessity, and ethics (p ≤ 0.01).
- No significant difference in perceived necessity of receiving injections; positive correlation in agreement for performing/receiving (p < 0.001).
Conclusions
- Majority of students find STS injections beneficial, necessary, and ethical.
- Participating students reported higher agreement levels.
- No preference difference between performing and receiving STS injections.
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