Clinical trial NCT06467890: Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth After Educational Programme: A Before and After Study
Official title: Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Among a Group of Dental Interns After Educational Programme: A Before and After Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Pulp Disease, Dental
Knowledge
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-21
Enrollment: 550
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Dental interns enrolled in the pediatric round in Cairo University

Brief summary: evaluating the extent of knowledge of vital pulp therapy in permanent dentition among a group of dental interns in Egypt after educational programme.

Detailed description: evaluating the extent of knowledge of vital pulp therapy in permanent dentition using a survey among a group of dental interns in Egypt after educational programme.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Dental interns enrolled in the Pediatric Dentistry Department, Cairo University .
* Candidates who are willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

* Responses with incomplete information

Primary outcomes:
measure: Knowledge of vital pulp therapy
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
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References:
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