Pattern of Medical and Dental Students Referring to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Introduction: Growing knowledge of undergraduate students on oral and maxillofacial surgery causes to achieve educational goals and ensure appropriate patients referral as well as patient care level improvements. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the pattern of medical and dental students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences of Yazd, for referring patients to oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 291 medical and dental students studying at Shahid Sadouqhi University of Medical Sciences of Yazd in the academic year of 2015 t

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