Mobile applications at the dentist
Teh Adilla Mustaza1, Tong, Wah Lim2, Siti Mariam Ab. Ghani3.
Utilization of Apps in the dental clinics for dental education in Malaysia
is currently lacking, and serious transformation is needed to modernize
dentistry to empower the dental community in this technological advanced
era. The purpose of this study is to develop related Apps that are beneficial
to be used in the dental clinics mainly for educational purposes, and to
evaluate dental students’ perception towards the usage of these Apps in the
dental clinic. Two kinds of Apps were being developed; Apps for patients’
dental education in an interactive educational game layout, and Apps
for conducting oral health related quality of life survey. Subsequently, an
online survey form was then used to gather undergraduate dental students’
perception on using these Apps in the dental clinic. The developed Apps
were successfully made available in the online market. 114 clinical year
dental students of the Faculty of Dentistry Universiti Teknologi MARA
participated in this study. The students’ perceptions on the usage of these
Apps were found to be positive. 67.5% of the students agreed that these Apps
are useful in the dental clinic, 66.7% think that these Apps are beneficial to
be downloaded and 68.4% will use these Apps if it is made available freely
in the clinic. The willingness of most respondents to use these Apps made it
a valuable tool for measuring the quality of dental health information and
services being given to the community in a more robust and systematic way.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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