{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4389301751","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","title":"Knowledge, awareness, and perception of digital dentistry among Egyptian dentists: a cross-sectional study","display_name":"Knowledge, awareness, and perception of digital dentistry among Egyptian dentists: a cross-sectional study","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-12-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4389301751","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38049790","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/10694936"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","pdf_url":"https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S60760007","display_name":"BMC Oral Health","issn_l":"1472-6831","issn":["1472-6831"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-2","oarl","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Oral Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016117592","display_name":"Mohamed Ashraf Hall","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-4232","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-4232"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160667","display_name":"Ministry of Health and Population","ror":"https://ror.org/04f90ax67","country_code":"EG","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160667"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mohamed Ashraf Hall","raw_affiliation_strings":["Alexandria Dental Research Center, Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-4232","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Alexandria Dental Research Center, Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160667"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5093373767","display_name":"Inas Mahmoud Karawia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8465-5685","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8465-5685"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I146977602","display_name":"Pharos University in Alexandria","ror":"https://ror.org/04cgmbd24","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Inas Karawia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pediatric and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt. inas.karawia@pua.edu.eg","Pediatric and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8465-5685","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pediatric and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt. inas.karawia@pua.edu.eg","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pediatric and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Ahmed Zakaria Mahmoud","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-4762","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-4762"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160667","display_name":"Ministry of Health and Population","ror":"https://ror.org/04f90ax67","country_code":"EG","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160667"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59272784","display_name":"Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport","ror":"https://ror.org/0004vyj87","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I59272784"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed Zakaria Mahmoud","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, El Alamein, Egypt","Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-4762","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, El Alamein, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59272784"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160667"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013440725","display_name":"Osama Safwat Mohamed","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-6179","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-6179"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I146977602","display_name":"Pharos University in Alexandria","ror":"https://ror.org/04cgmbd24","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Osama Safwat Mohamed","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dental Prosthesis Manufacture Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Technology, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dental Prosthesis Manufacture Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Technology, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5093373767"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146977602"],"apc_list":{"value":2890,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2890},"apc_paid":{"value":2890,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2890},"fwci":11.586,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":46,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99381163,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"23","issue":"1","first_page":"963","last_page":"963"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10113","display_name":"Dental materials and restorations","score":0.4372999966144562,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3500","display_name":"General Dentistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/35","display_name":"Dentistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10113","display_name":"Dental materials and restorations","score":0.4372999966144562,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3500","display_name":"General Dentistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/35","display_name":"Dentistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13457","display_name":"Dental Education, Practice, Research","score":0.3743000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12439","display_name":"Dental Research and COVID-19","score":0.07620000094175339,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3500","display_name":"General Dentistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/35","display_name":"Dentistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-dentistry","display_name":"digital dentistry","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dentists-knowledge","display_name":"dentists' knowledge","score":0.8899999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/awareness","display_name":"awareness","score":0.5889999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"perception","score":0.8019999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dental-education","display_name":"dental education","score":0.7129999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dental-specialties","display_name":"dental specialties","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dental-workforce","display_name":"dental workforce","score":0.5230000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/egypt","display_name":"Egypt","score":0.5019999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media-survey","display_name":"social media survey","score":0.5690000057220459}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.8160176277160645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142052008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954027","display_name":"Cross-sectional study","level":2,"score":0.7086093425750732},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C512399662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505712","display_name":"Family medicine","level":1,"score":0.5402576327323914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910757671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349700","display_name":"Prosthodontist","level":2,"score":0.5393950343132019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199343813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12128","display_name":"Dentistry","level":1,"score":0.5065182447433472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.49165183305740356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778636310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504033","display_name":"Oral and maxillofacial surgery","level":2,"score":0.41622117161750793},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.10973864793777466},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003430","descriptor_name":"Cross-Sectional Studies","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003813","descriptor_name":"Dentistry","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003815","descriptor_name":"Dentists","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D004534","descriptor_name":"Egypt","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010465","descriptor_name":"Perception","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D011795","descriptor_name":"Surveys and Questionnaires","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D024382","descriptor_name":"Professional Role","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D055815","descriptor_name":"Young Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","pdf_url":"https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S60760007","display_name":"BMC Oral Health","issn_l":"1472-6831","issn":["1472-6831"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-2","oarl","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Oral Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10694936","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/10694936","pdf_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10694936/pdf/12903_2023_Article_3698.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Oral Health","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmid:38049790","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38049790","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC oral health","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:572efbf0438c48628949f7e8f2cd0d4a","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/572efbf0438c48628949f7e8f2cd0d4a","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"BMC Oral Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","pdf_url":"https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-023-03698-1","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S60760007","display_name":"BMC Oral Health","issn_l":"1472-6831","issn":["1472-6831"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-2","oarl","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320256","host_organization_name":"BioMed Central","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320256","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["BioMed Central","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"BMC Oral Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.8560000061988831,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321655","display_name":"Science and Technology Development Fund","ror":"https://ror.org/044vr6g03"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4389301751.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4389301751.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2064027196","https://openalex.org/W2156725384","https://openalex.org/W2474231177","https://openalex.org/W2536260896","https://openalex.org/W2553098345","https://openalex.org/W2738176914","https://openalex.org/W2763559007","https://openalex.org/W2789633039","https://openalex.org/W2797914330","https://openalex.org/W2808417238","https://openalex.org/W2981990065","https://openalex.org/W3005505769","https://openalex.org/W3008298947","https://openalex.org/W3013024034","https://openalex.org/W3048639240","https://openalex.org/W3120015496","https://openalex.org/W3124511092","https://openalex.org/W3186500432","https://openalex.org/W3186767840","https://openalex.org/W4205364596","https://openalex.org/W4210979139","https://openalex.org/W4211007577","https://openalex.org/W4224251325","https://openalex.org/W4323855082","https://openalex.org/W4360615755","https://openalex.org/W4385377062","https://openalex.org/W4390474176"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W6958257022","https://openalex.org/W4403230382","https://openalex.org/W4408172458","https://openalex.org/W7118090295","https://openalex.org/W7204811372","https://openalex.org/W7133298078","https://openalex.org/W7212061891","https://openalex.org/W7131080186","https://openalex.org/W4411109819","https://openalex.org/W7203556962"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"BACKGROUND:":[0],"Digital":[1],"dentistry":[2],"has":[3],"revolutionized":[4],"the":[5,27,41,102,143,200,205,244,285],"way":[6],"dental":[7,17,151,276],"treatment":[8],"is":[9],"offered":[10,31],"to":[11,19,25,39,68,274],"patients.":[12],"It":[13],"became":[14],"essential":[15],"for":[16],"practitioners":[18,179],"be":[20,272],"well-informed":[21],"about":[22,254],"this":[23,124,280],"technology":[24],"improve":[26],"quality":[28],"of":[29,43,48,79,119,127,146,157,167,173,243,256,262],"care":[30],"and":[32,46,82,96,111,137,155,162,178,209,225,250,287],"increase":[33],"patient":[34],"satisfaction.":[35],"This":[36],"study":[37,58,72,103,245],"aimed":[38],"assess":[40],"level":[42,261],"knowledge,":[44],"awareness,":[45],"perception":[47,172,263],"Egyptian":[49],"dentists":[50,75,227,236],"toward":[51,264],"digital":[52,175,266],"dentistry.":[53,176,267],"METHODS:":[54],"An":[55],"online-based":[56],"cross-sectional":[57],"was":[59,99,148,212],"conducted":[60],"using":[61,113],"social":[62],"media":[63],"platforms":[64],"from":[65],"November":[66],"2022":[67],"March":[69],"2023.":[70],"Our":[71],"sample":[73],"included":[74],"with":[76,214,234],"different":[77,85],"levels":[78,289],"experience,":[80],"specialties,":[81],"working":[83],"in":[84,88,93,149,180,204,279],"health":[86],"sectors":[87],"Egypt.":[89],"A":[90,117],"questionnaire":[91],"arranged":[92],"4":[94],"sections":[95],"23":[97],"questions":[98],"used":[100],"as":[101],"data":[104,108],"collection":[105],"tool.":[106],"The":[107],"were":[109,129,132,139],"tabulated":[110],"analyzed":[112],"SPSS":[114],"software.":[115],"RESULTS:":[116],"total":[118],"402":[120],"participants":[121,158,246],"filled":[122],"out":[123],"questionnaire.":[125],"50.7%":[126],"which":[128],"females,":[130],"42.8%":[131],"between":[133],"20-29":[134],"years":[135],"old":[136],"42.3%":[138],"general":[140,235],"practitioners.":[141],"Furthermore,":[142],"main":[144],"practice":[145],"27.6%":[147],"governmental":[150,181],"clinics.":[152],"Moreover,":[153],"47.3%":[154],"64.2%":[156],"had":[159,169,183,192,228,247,258],"Moderate":[160,248],"knowledge":[161,217,249],"awareness":[163,186,251],"respectively.":[164],"While":[165],"75.9%":[166],"them":[168,257],"a":[170,259],"high":[171,260],"practicing":[174,203,265],"Females":[177],"clinics":[182],"significantly":[184,193,215,229],"lower":[185],"scores,":[187],"while":[188,253],"faculty":[189],"teaching":[190],"staff":[191],"higher":[194,216,230],"scores":[195,218,231],"(P":[196,219,237],"\u2264":[197,220,238],"0.05).":[198,221,239],"On":[199],"other":[201],"hand,":[202],"Great":[206],"Cairo":[207],"region":[208],"urban":[210],"areas":[211],"associated":[213],"Similarly,":[222],"Prosthodontists,":[223],"periodontists,":[224],"restorative":[226],"when":[232],"compared":[233],"CONCLUSIONS:":[240],"About":[241],"half":[242],"levels,":[252],"three-quarters":[255],"Therefore,":[268],"more":[269],"attention":[270],"should":[271],"given":[273],"providing":[275],"education":[277],"programs":[278],"important":[281],"field":[282],"at":[283],"both":[284],"undergraduate":[286],"postgraduate":[288],"by":[290],"policymakers.":[291]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":9}],"updated_date":"2026-11-12T12:28:57.059296","created_date":"2023-12-05T00:00:00"}