Career in dentistry: By choice or chance-reasons for choosing dentistry among the first-year dental students of a college in India

• Main Authors: H V Amith (Author), Audrey Madonna D'Cruz (Author), Muhammed Jasil (Author), Munawwarah Maohamad Mansor (Author), Neetha Aniya Antony (Author), Ngangbam Geetanjali Devi (Author), Niloufaz Z Aziz (Author), Swathi D Shetty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To determine the factors that lead to the choice of dentistry as an occupation among the first-year dental students in a private dental college in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 100 first year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students was c...