title: Dental students' knowledge of an exposure to cleft palate.
abstract: A questionnaire was administered to 108 dental students from West Virginia University to assess their knowledge of cleft palate. Results revealed areas of deficiency in basic knowledge and exposure to clefting. When these data were compared to those from an earlier study (Lass et al., 1973) differences were found of varying type. A comparison between dental and medical students revealed that the basic knowledge of cleft palate and associated problems were not different between the two groups. However, the dental students had done more reading than the medical students and had the topic of cleft palate included in their coursework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Vallino
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Lass
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pannbacker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaliman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013335:Students, Dental; D014903:West Virginia