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                                                                <journal-id>kırıkkale üni tıp derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2148-9645</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kırıkkale Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24938/kutfd.1787152</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
                                                            <subject>Health Services and Systems (Other)</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Sistemleri (Diğer)</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Diş Hekimliği Öğrencilerinin Yapay Zeka ile İlgili Bilgi ve Farkındalıkları: Trakya Üniversitesinde Yapılmış Bir Kesitsel Çalışma</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>DENTAL STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AT TRAKYA UNIVERSITY</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8174-1259</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ülkü</surname>
                                    <given-names>Elif</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8872-5513</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çanakçi</surname>
                                    <given-names>Burhan Can</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Trakya University, EDİRNE, TÜRKİYE</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260427">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>27</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>28</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>55</fpage>
                                        <lpage>63</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250919">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>19</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260126">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Trakya Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi öğrencilerinin diş hekimliğinde yapay zekâ (YZ) kullanımına ilişkin bilgi düzeyleri, farkındalıkları ve tutumlarını değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Kesitsel nitelikteki bu anket çalışması, 2., 3., 4. ve 5. sınıfta öğrenim gören diş hekimliği öğrencileri arasında yürütülmüştür. Veriler, Ekim 2024 ile Şubat 2025 tarihleri arasında, 20 sorudan oluşan çevrimiçi bir anket formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler Fisher’in Kesin Testi ve Bonferroni düzeltmeli Z-testleri ile analiz edilmiştir (p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, awareness, and attitudes of dental students at Trakya University regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in dentistry. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-year dental students. Data were collected from October 2024 to February 2025 using a 20-item online questionnaire. Associations between variables were analyzed using Fisher’s Exact Test and Bonferroni-corrected Z-tests (p</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Artificial intelligence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  education</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  dental</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  students</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Yapay zeka</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  eğitim</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  diş hekimliği</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  öğrenci</kwd>
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