Dental students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about marijuana and its effects on patients' oral health.

Purpose/objectives: This article seeks to determine dental students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward patients' marijuana use and whether dental students would like additional marijuana education.

Methods: Predoctoral dental students were invited in 2021 to complete a questionnaire regarding marijuana's oral health effects, their comfort discussing marijuana with patients and their interest in additional training.

Results: Among participants (n = 206, 32.

Practicing dentistry in the age of COVID-19: Perception changes due to the new PPE standards.

Purpose/objectives: This study aimed to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) have affected the perception of the practice of dentistry in an urban dental school in the USA.

Methods: In 2021, an electronic cross-sectional questionnaire was sent to school faculty via email, while predoctoral, clinical dental students were invited to participate during clinical group meetings. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.