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Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

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  • Thomas Gerhard Wolf

    (Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
    Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
    FVDZ Free Association of German Dentists, 53177 Bonn, Germany)

  • Ralf Friedrich Wagner

    (Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
    Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists North Rhine (KZV Nordrhein), 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Oliver Zeyer

    (SSO Swiss Dental Association, 3000 Bern, Switzerland)

  • Duygu Ilhan

    (Private Practice, Valikonağı Street, 34635 Istanbul, Turkey
    Turkish Dental Association (Türk Dişhekimleri Birliği), 06530 Çukurambar, Cankaya/Ankara, Turkey)

  • Tin Crnić

    (EDSA European Dental Students’ Association, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland)

  • Ernst-Jürgen Otterbach

    (FVDZ Free Association of German Dentists, 53177 Bonn, Germany)

  • Guglielmo Campus

    (Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
    Department of Medicine, Surgery and Experimental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Sassari, I-07100 Sassari, Italy)

Abstract

Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants ( n = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex ( p < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment ( p < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.

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  • Thomas Gerhard Wolf & Ralf Friedrich Wagner & Oliver Zeyer & Duygu Ilhan & Tin Crnić & Ernst-Jürgen Otterbach & Guglielmo Campus, 2020. "Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-9, October.
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    1. Najla Dar-Odeh & Hamzah Babkair & Shaden Abu-Hammad & Sary Borzangy & Abdalla Abu-Hammad & Osama Abu-Hammad, 2020. "COVID-19: Present and Future Challenges for Dental Practice," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-10, April.
    2. Guglielmo Campus & Philippe Rusca & Christine Amrhein & Andreas Meier & Oliver Zeyer & Thomas Gerhard Wolf, 2020. "Career Prospects of Young Dentists in Switzerland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-8, June.
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    1. Thomas Gerhard Wolf & Ernst-Jürgen Otterbach & Oliver Zeyer & Ralf Friedrich Wagner & Tin Crnić & Duygu Ilhan & Guglielmo Campus, 2021. "Influence of Oral Health Care Systems on Future Career Environment of Dental Students in Europe," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-10, August.

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