Illustration of self-perceived knowledge, skills, and interests in undergraduate dental students using a visual metaphor– results of a monocentric cross-sectional study

Table 1 Results of the perception of individual theoretical knowledge between groups. Data are presented as median (IQR)

	3rd year students (n = 25)	4th year students (n = 25)	5th year students (n = 25)	p value
Whole field of conservative dentistry and periodontology	54 (26–82)	42 (34–54)	30 (17–45)	0.06
Endodontology	60 (30–84)	56 (28–74)	27 (10–63)	0.11
Periodontology	60 (30–97)^a	43 (20–75)^b	11 (3–30)^ab	< 0.01
Cariology	60 (34–106)	28 (12–56)	30 (15–56)	0.04
Restorative dentistry	87 (60–110)^a	81 (36–92)^b	30 (15–57)^ab	< 0.01
Preventive dentistry	77 (28–115)^ac	16 (3–28)^c	10 (2–26)^a	< 0.01

Values are given as the distance between the object and subject disc in millimeters, shown as the mean values and standard deviation
^aSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 3rd and 5th years (p ≤ 0.01)
^bSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 4th and 5th years (p ≤ 0.01)
^cSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 3rd and 4th years (p ≤ 0.01)

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