Abstract

WAYAMA, Marcelo Tadahiro et al. Level of knowledge of dentists about Hospital Dental Care. Rev. Bras. Odontol. [online]. 2014, vol.71, n.1, pp. 48-52. ISSN 1984-3747.

The aim of this research was to investigate the knowledge, judgment, monitoring and execution of the dentists regarding Hospital Dental Care. Five hundred dentists from Araçatuba (São Paulo state) answered a questionnaire. The results showed that 49% of professionals have never had experience at hospitals and 64% affirmed that this content is poorly approached in graduation. Also 46% of respondents have no interest or don’t think necessary acting in a hospital and 24% believe that this care is done by specialists only. It can be suggested that there is a lack of knowledge about Hospital Dental Care, thus the dentist shall be instructed since academic training for insertion into the hospital team.

Keywords : knowledge; Dentistry; hospital..