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The objectives were to compare dental students\u2019 and dentists\u2019 professional pain\u2013related education, current professional pain, coping strategies, and evaluations of ways to alleviate pain. Relationships between pain education, pain, coping strategies, and evaluations of ways to alleviate pain were also explored.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four hundred thirty\u2010three first\u2010 to fourth\u2010year dental students and 133 members of the American Dental Association responded to an anonymous survey.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Students responded more positively than dentists that their dental school education had educated them well about preventing MP (5\u2010point scale with 5\u00a0=\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>most positive<\/jats:italic>\n                      : means: 3.36 vs. 2.56;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001), having a good posture when treating patients (3.65 vs. 3.30;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and having proper ergonomics in the clinics (3.61 vs. 3.22;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Both groups disagreed\/neither disagreed nor agreed that they were satisfied with their education about coping with MP (2.75 vs. 2.67;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.242). Students were more concerned about developing chronic pain over the course of their professional life (4.25 vs. 3.83;\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.001) than dentists. The two groups did not differ in the degree of MP in their hands\/wrists (6\u2010point scale with 1\u00a0=\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>no pain<\/jats:italic>\n                      : 1.93 vs. 1.98;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.328). However, students reported less pain in their neck (2.48 vs. 2.81;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.008), back (2.62 vs. 2.95;\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.011), and shoulders (2.30 vs. 2.68;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.003) than dentists. Students took more breaks during the day (mean on a 5\u2010point scale with 5\u00a0=\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>very often<\/jats:italic>\n                      : 2.26 vs. 1.63;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and lost more time from work because of pain (1.77 vs. 1.28;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) than dentists. Dentists were more likely to stretch (3.29 vs. 2.87;\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.001) and see a chiropractor (1.66 vs. 1.30;\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.001) than students. More dentists used over\u2010the\u2010counter drugs (56.5% vs. 44.3%;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.015) than students. The more pain\u2010related education the respondents had, the more attention they paid to proper ergonomics (\n                      <jats:italic>r\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.34;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and the less current pain they reported (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.24;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.01).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dental students report more professional pain and are more concerned about pain than dentists. This should alert dental educators to the importance of addressing this topic in classroom\u2010based settings, and especially in pre\u2010clinical and clinical settings. Educating students about successful non\u2010pharmacological ways to prevent and manage professional pain during their dental education is crucial.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jdd.70194","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,8]],"date-time":"2026-03-08T17:24:49Z","timestamp":1772990689000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Dental Students Versus Dentists\u2019 Professional Pain and Coping Strategies: Does Dental Education Matter?"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Shraddha","family":"Ramnath","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine School of Dentistry University of Michigan  Ann Arbor Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marita R.","family":"Inglehart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine School of Dentistry University of Michigan  Ann Arbor Michigan USA"},{"name":"Department of Psychology College of Literature Science and the Arts (LS&amp;A) University of Michigan  Ann Arbor Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15386\/mpr\u20101581"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jdd.13403"},{"issue":"7","key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","article-title":"Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Dentists in Primary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A Cross\u2010Sectional Study","volume":"17","author":"Eddhaoui A.","year":"2025","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00420\u2010019\u201001478\u20105"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/j.0022\u20100337.2004.68.7_suppl.tb03812.x"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","first-page":"135","article-title":"Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Dentists in Saudi Arabia","volume":"28","author":"Abduljabbar A.","year":"2008","journal-title":"Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/jodd.jodd_15_21"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph17238740"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","first-page":"10","volume-title":"Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation","author":"Gehrig J. 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