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GENARI, Bruna et al. Information and Communication Technologies in dental education: cross-sectional study of a population of southern Brazil. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.2, pp. 56-64. ISSN 1679-5954.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the competence of the students to use technologies in dental educational. A cross-sectional study was done with dental students of a university of the south of Brazil. It was used a questionnaire previously validated by the Center Oral Health Sciences of University of Malmö (Sweden) and adapted to Portuguese. The collected data were transformed into scores based on Mattheos et al. (2005). For analysis purposes, scores and sociodemographic variables were categorized. The descriptive analyses was realized, Chi Square and Exact Fischer`s tests were used to test the association between the sociodemographic data and the scores regarding the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The mean competence score was considered very good and associated with education level of the mothers. The mean importance score was regular and associated with age. It was concluded that the students of a university of south of Brazil had a very good level regarding the competence of the use of ICT even though moderate level in relation to the importance was given to dental use of these technologies.

Palavras-chave : Competency-Based Education.; Dental Informatics.; Education, Dental..