Abstract

NUNEZ-GARCIA, Marielena  and  GUTIERREZ-VENTURA, Fredy. Knowledge and attitude of stomatology students regarding the sterilization of dental handpieces. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.4, pp.222-228. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objectives: To determine the degree of knowledge and attitude of the students of the Faculty of Stomatology of a private peruvian university regarding the sterilization of high and low speed hand-pieces. Material and Methods: A questionnaire with 24 questions was applied to the students of third, fourth and fifth year who were taking the subjects of Integral Adult Clinic and Pediatric Clinic. The knowledge was classified as high, medium and low, and the attitude as positive, regular and negative. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the relation between knowledge and attitude. Results: 43.8% of the students had a medium level of knowledge, and 61.8% had a regular attitude regarding the sterilization of high and low hand-pieces. Conclusions: No statistically significance relationship between knowledge and attitude was found, however, the relationship between attitude and the fact if a student repeat a subject showed statistically significance.

Keywords : Biosecurity; sterilization; dental handpiece; odontology; knowledge; attitude.

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