title: Internet usage among dental students in north India.
abstract: The study was conducted to investigate the extent to which students of two dental schools in northern India make use of internet during their undergraduate course and to assess their attitude towards the internet in general. All undergraduate students were assessed using a specially designed, self-administered questionnaire. Overall, 470 (88.84%) students used the internet. Among the internet users, only 207 (44%) accessed it for academic purposes. Also, 356 (75.7%) found information about dentistry easily accessible, whereas 114 (24.3%) reported difficulty in doing so. The study showed that a good number of Indian dental students are using internet, but they are lagging behind their counterparts in the western world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences & Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India. maryacm@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Charu Mohan
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marya
authors.forename: Kirti Mohan
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Marya
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dahiya
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D003813:Dentistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D013335:Students, Dental