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    Burden of Undergraduate Dental Training in Nigeria
    (2014) Abiodun-Solanke, I.F.; Ajayi, D.M.; Dosumu,O.O.
    Background: Training of dental students at all levels has been found to be far more expensive than what is required to train their medical counterparts. The extra cost is expected to be provided by the prospective students of which they are usually unaware of at the point of admission. Objectives: This study was designed to assess the sociodemographic status of dental students in Nigerian Universities as well as factors affecting the amount a dental student spent buying required instruments and other materials needed for their clinical training. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire which was a modified version of that used in Canada and United State to investigate students financial issues was used in this study. The modified structured questionnaire was sent to . the clinical (400-600levels) students in the oldest and well established dental schools in Nigeria. Results: The age range of participants was 19 to 36 years with a mean age of 25±2.7years; 57.3% were males, while 42.7% were females. More than a third (38.2%) of the respondents fathers were in the high class, while 42.2% of the respondents mothers belonged to the middle class. About forty five percent of the total respondents admitted to have spent greater than N30.000 buying their hand instruments out of whom 61.3% belonged to the middle socioeconomic class. The relationship between the amount spent in -purchasing instruments and the socioeconomic status was statistically significant (p=0.001). About half of the respondents admitted they had no idea of extra cost required for their clinical training. Conclusion: The financial burden for undergraduate dental training in Nigeria include tuition, costs of expensive dental textbooks, instruments and other consumables which many students were not aware of by the time they entered the program.