MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-five lateral cephalograms of skeletal Class I (mean ANB value = 3.15 ± 0.77) Malaysian Malay female patients aged 20 to 40 years (mean age = 28.6 ± 5.86 degrees) taken from October 2017 to December 2021 were measured for H angle soft tissue and H angle hard tissue. Twenty silhouettes were then converted from cephalometric films and were rated according to facial convexity/concavity by 20 laypersons, with re-evaluation after 2 weeks for intra- and interexaminer reliabilities.
RESULTS: The means of the H angle soft tissue and H angle hard tissue were 15.75 ± 4.16 degrees and 11.64 ± 4.71 degrees, respectively. The intraexaminer reliability test for visual perception ranged from -0.89 to 0.99 indicating poor to excellent reliability, whereas the interexaminer reliability test was 0.82 indicating good reliability. A highly statistically significant association between the H angle soft tissue and H angle hard tissue (r = 0.938; p
OBJECTIVE: To assess the awareness and knowledge of dental advertising guidelines among recent dental graduates in Malaysia and to compare the outcomes between those from public and private universities.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024 involving recent dental graduates from eight Malaysian universities. A newly designed and validated questionnaire was used to assess awareness and knowledge across seven domains of dental advertising ethics, including online professionalism, product recommendations, and the promotion of clinic facilities and treatments. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to compare responses between graduates from public and private universities.
RESULTS: In total, 253 participating graduates completed the online questionnaire. Awareness among public university graduates was significantly higher than that of their private counterparts (p-value