Evaluation of Dentists' Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitude towards Dental Stem Cells

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 426 - 434, 24.09.2024

Özge Demirdizen , Eda İzgi , Mehmet Barış Şimşek

https://doi.org/10.54617/adoklinikbilimler.1464338

Abstract

Objective: Various adult stem cell populations exist in dental tissues. These are known as dental stem cells. Dentists play an active role in the collection, preservation, and inclusion of dental stem cells into treatment processes. This study aimed to evaluate dentists' awareness regarding dental stem cells as well as their knowledge and attitudes towards dental stem cells. The study included dentists with different professional experience.
Materials and Methods: In this study, a total sample size consisting of 112 dentists working in different sectors in Ankara province in May-June 2023 and having different professional experience periods was selected. A self-administered and hand-delivered questionnaire consisting of 22 items was used to evaluate dentists' awareness, knowledge, and attitude toward dental stem cells. The results were statistically analyzed by using the chi-squared test.
Results: 96.4% of the participants had knowledge about stem cells, while 82.1% had knowledge about dental stem cells. 11.6% of those who had knowledge about dental stem cells found their knowledge sufficient. 58% of the participants had knowledge that there were stem cell banks in Turkey. 83.7% of those with <5 years of professional experience, 85.4% of those with 5-15 years of professional experience and 72.7% of those with >15 years of professional experience had awareness regarding dental stem cells (p=0.428). The rate of awareness towards stem cell banks was significantly lower in those with <5 years of professional experience (p=0.016).
Conclusion: This study reveals that dentists have a high awareness of dental stem cells but do not have sufficient knowledge about their basic features. Dentists need knowledge content that starts with undergraduate education about dental stem cell sources and stem cell banks and continues with postgraduate education programs.

Keywords

awareness;, dentistry, knowledge, stem cell

Diş Hekimlerinin Dental Kök Hücrelere Dair Bilgi, Farkındalık ve Tutumlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Diş dokularında çeşitli yetişkin kök hücre popülasyonları bulunur ve bunlar dental kök hücreler olarak bilinir. Dental kök hücrelerin toplanması, saklanması ve tedaviye dahil edilmesi aşamalarında diş hekimleri aktif rol almaktadır. Bu çalışmada, farklı mesleki deneyime sahip diş hekimleri arasında dental kök hücrelerin varlığına ilişkin farkındalığın ve dental kök hücrelere ilişkin bilgi ve tutumlarının değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmada Mayıs-Haziran 2023 tarihinde Ankara ilinde farklı sektörlerde çalışan ve farklı mesleki deneyim sürelerine sahip 112 diş hekiminden oluşan toplam örneklem büyüklüğü seçildi. Diş hekimlerinin dental kök hücrelerine yönelik farkındalığını, bilgisini ve tutumunu değerlendirmek için kendi kendine uygulanan, elden teslim edilen, 22 soruluk bir anket kullanıldı. Sonuçlar ki-kare testi kullanılarak istatistiksel olarak analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların %96.4’ünün kök hücreler, %82.1’inin dental kök hücreler hakkında bilgisi vardı. Dental kök hücreler hakkında bilgi sahibi olanların %11.6’sı bilgi birikimini yeterli buluyordu. Katılımcıların %58’i Türkiye’de kök hücre bankalarının olduğunu biliyordu. Mesleki deneyimi <5 yıl olanların %83.7’si, 5-15 yıl olanların %85.4’ü ve >15 yıl olanların %72.7’si dental kök hücrelerin farkındaydı (p=0,428). Mesleki deneyimi <5 yıl olanların kök hücre bankalarından haberdar olma oranı anlamlı olarak daha düşüktü (p=0,016).
Sonuç: Bu çalışma diş hekimlerinin dental kök hücreler hakkında yüksek farkındalığa sahip oldukları ancak temel özellikleri hakkında yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadıklarını göstermektedir. Dental kök hücre kaynakları ve kök hücre bankaları hakkında lisans eğitimiyle başlayan ve mezuniyet sonrası eğitim programlarıyla devam eden bilgi içeriklerine diş hekimlerinin ihtiyacı vardır.

Keywords

bilgi, diş hekimliği, farkındalık, kök hücre

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