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Responses were rated on a 5-point Likert scale.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Private university students showed higher overall knowledge and acceptance scores (44.1, 43.8), while public university students exhibited slightly lower knowledge but greater acceptance in some domains (42.4, 45.3). The highest scores were seen in the periodontal disease domain. Significant differences were noted in knowledge and acceptance related to dental caries and oral cancer (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). A higher proportion of \u201cundecided\u201d responses among public students indicated greater uncertainty.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both public and private university students showed moderate to high knowledge and acceptance level of evidence-based preventive guidelines. While statistically significant differences were found in some domains, effect sizes were sometimes modest with a little tendency towards private faculty students. 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