title: Turkish dental students' and dentists' ability to assess gingival health status with DAAGS software.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the ability of final-year Turkish dental students and dentists to assess the level of gingival health status by using the Development of Ability to Assess Gingival Status (DAAGS) computer program. Forty-eight students in their final year of dental education and 240 dentists participated in DAAGS tests in which they judged twenty-four photos. The participants were organized into one group of students and five groups of dentists: those who graduated in the last five years, in the last six to ten years, in the last eleven to fifteen years, in the last sixteen to twenty years, and twenty and/or more years ago. A gold standard of each photo was shown to participants after they completed test 1; then, test 2 was conducted immediately. Participants were asked to evaluate the DAAGS by written survey. There were significant differences between the parameters of two tests for all groups. Significance levels differed for each group and both tests considering correct answers, reproducibility, irrelevant answers, and overall ability. The findings from this study indicated that the DAAGS software is easier for more recently graduated dentists to use.
authors.affiliation: Gazi Universitesi Rektorlugu Saglik Kultur Spor Dairesi Baskanligi, Dis Klinigi Teknikokullar/Besevler 06500, Ankara, Turkey. mlkozcan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Melike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camgoz
authors.forename: Cem A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gurgan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akkaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003815:Dentists; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010512:Periodontal Index; D023861:Photography, Dental; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013335:Students, Dental; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult