Jingwen Song, Zhiyuan Ma, Haoyue Kong, Hongling Liu
A mechanistic effect modeling approach to the prioritization of hidden drivers in chemical cocktails
The Science of the total environment
proper knowledge confidence regarding endoperio relationship plays important role correct clinical decisions management conditions aim study assess dentists knowledge understanding addition confidence regarding endoperio relationship consequently investigate prevalence misconceptions crosssectional study conducted december 2021 march 2022 utilized voluntary anonymous questionnaire distributed among general dentists graduates king abdulaziz university faculty dentistry jeddah saudi arabia year 2021 n 151 questionnaire two parts demographic 13 closed ended scientific questions assess knowledge understanding 4 points likert scale question assess confidence misconceptions descriptive statistics chisquare test statistical significance pvalue 005 conducted analyze data using spss total 98 participants completed questionnaire setting response rate 649 214 sufficient overall knowledge understanding regarding endoperio relationship significant association found knowledge gender p 08 little onethird participants 3783 overly confident false confident thus misconceptions study revealed majority participants deficient knowledge regarding endoperio relationship thus compensate reported deficiency changing teaching strategies implementing continuing education courses suggested studies assessing interaction knowledge confidence different dental topics needed