KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES REGARDING DENTAL ETHICS AMONG STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES IN A PUBLIC SECTOR DENTAL HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Wafa Saleem Final Year BDS Student KMU-IDS Kohat, Pakistan.
  • Arif Ullah Khan Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, KMU-IDS, Kohat, Pakistan.
  • Fatima Wahab Final Year BDS Student KMU-IDS Kohat, Pakistan.
  • Aasim Masood Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, KMU-IDS Kohat, Pakistan.
  • Sheema Hamayun Final Year BDS Student KMU-IDS Kohat, Pakistan.
  • Umar Nasir Department of Oral Biology, KMU-IDS Kohat, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v15i03.819

Keywords:

Dental Ethics, Ethical Practice, KAP, PMDC code of ethics

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduates and recent dentistry graduates ethical knowledge, practices and views of the ethical atmosphere of the institution.
Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 250 students from 2nd year, 3rd year, Final year, House officers and postgraduate students of the institution. There were only closed-ended questions on the 20 self-administered items in the questionnaire. After that, SPSS version 26.0 was used to analyse the returned questionnaires. A total of 250 applicants received questionnaires. For every piece of data that was gathered, descriptive analysis was done, and the Chi squared test was used.
Results: The study population was female dominant (n=135) (54%). The fi ndings showed that merely 78% of the applicants knew of the PMDC's code of ethics, and 10% knew about the global code of ethics. On the other hand, the applicants' views were observed to be favourable 90%, demonstrating that students were typically kind and committed to their jobs. Furthermore, a positive attitude toward dental care ethics procedures was observed.
Conclusion: As students have shown a positive attitude toward their profession and ethical dentistry, more focus should be allocated to support dental students in terms of dental ethics education at educational in stitutions.

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2025-09-30

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Saleem, W. ., Khan, A. U. ., Wahab, F., Masood, A., Hamayun, S., & Nasir, U. (2025). KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES REGARDING DENTAL ETHICS AMONG STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES IN A PUBLIC SECTOR DENTAL HOSPITAL. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 15(03), 14–18. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v15i03.819

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Vol. 15 No. 03 (2025): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar.

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