Observational analysis assesses awareness of oral disease and dental specialties in medical trainees, suggesting improved cooperation is necessary.
Background: The lack of general medical practitioners’ knowledge of oral disease contributes to delays in referral and treatment. Aim: To assess the awareness of dental problems/conditions and its related dental specialty that treat them, among the medical trainees and teaching faculty of a medical college. Results: The majority (88.5%) of the subjects were aware of dentistry. Conclusion: An adequate level of understanding and cooperation is therefore needed between medical and dental health teams to ensure qualitative health care delivery.
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Sultana et al. (2025) studied this question.