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The questionnaire consisted of four sections with closed\u2010ended questions. The first section included personal and professional data, whereas the second to fourth sections assessed satisfaction with learned basic dental, professional technical or clinal and interpersonal social or soft skills on a 5\u2010point Likert scale. The data were analysed using the Mann\u2013Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic>\u2010test and linear regression analysis. The significance level was set at .05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>When comparing satisfaction scores between dentists and dental students in terms of basic dental knowledge and skills learned, students showed higher satisfaction scores for the categories of \u201cEmergency Medical Situations\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.005) and \u201cErgonomic Principles of Work\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.004). Dentists, on the other hand, showed higher satisfaction for the categories \u201cSelection and use of local anaesthetics and local antibiotics\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.005, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.026; respectively). For the type of technical skills from the different areas of dentistry, dentists were most satisfied with \u201cOral Surgery\u201d (4.26\u2009\u00b1\u20090.85), while students were most satisfied with \u201cOral Medicine\u201d (4.29\u2009\u00b1\u20090.89). Finally, when comparing satisfaction scores with social skills, dentists had lower satisfaction scores in all categories studied (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u2009.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dental students showed higher overall satisfaction than dentists. 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