The objective of this study is to assess Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
dental students’ perspective on a novel patient educational kit in helping them
to deliver post-dental extraction care instructions. All undergraduate clinical
year dental students of the Faculty of Dentistry, UiTM were recruited for this
cross-sectional study. 87.8% of these students have volunteered to participate
in this study. An 8-minutes introductory video of the Post-Dental Extraction
Care kit (PDEC-kit) was played when simultaneously showcasing the tools in
the PDEC-kit to the participants. The participants then answered a set of
validated self-administered questionnaires online on their perception and
suggestions for improvement of the PDEC-kit, which comprises of 20 items that
are rated by a 7-point Likert scale along with 7 open-ended questions. A total
of 216 students participated voluntarily in this study. A vast majority of
participants agreed that the PDEC-kit is useful (99.1%), easy to use (98.7%),
and can improve patient’s understanding regarding post-dental extraction care
instructions (99.1%). The information provided in the kit was also found to be
appropriate for the patients (97.2%). Interestingly, students who had clinical
experience in performing dental extractions have rated significantly higher
scores for half of the questions (p