Knowledge and awareness of precision medicine among dental students

Abstract

Precision medicine is an emerging approach for the treatment of diseases and prevention that takes into account individual variability  in genes, environment and lifestyle of a person. Although the term precision medicine is relatively new, the concept has been a part of  healthcare for many years. This study focuses especially to evaluate the knowledge on characteristics of precision medicine among  dental students. The aim of this study is to analyse the knowledge and awareness of Precision medicine among dental students. A  descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental students through a self-administrated questionnaire. The responses  had been collected and statistically analysed. 61% of the study population were aware of Precision medicine and surprisingly, 82% of  the respondents came across this term precision medicine. This study concludes that the dental students were aware of the term  precision medicine, but they were not well aware of the role of precision medicine in the medical field.