212 - Pediatric Dental Radiographic Interpretation Of Third and Fourth Year Dental Students

The purpose of this study is to examine the ability of third and fourth year dental students in regards to pediatric dental radiography. We provided a survey that tests the students' abilities at pediatric dental radiology. All students were given an identical pre-survey. Third year students were then given an educational learning module, followed by a post survey that was identical to the pre-survey.  The survey included the topics of diagnosis, interpretation and common findings that all dental providers should be able to complete. Preliminary results show greater overall knowledge of radiographic interpretation by fourth year dental students in comparison to third year pre-survey. Preliminary results also show a gain in knowledge of third year students from pre to post survey. Results are still pending in regards to statistical breakdown of individual subjects of the survey. Early conclusions reveal the fourth year students showed greater overall knowledge of pediatric radiographic interpretation, and after completion of the educational learning module, third year students showed improvement from pre to post survey.