Survey of Chinese Dental Students on AI Perceptions and Educational Needs, 2025

Yanru Wu conducted a cross-sectional online survey in July 2025 at the School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University. The dataset contains 343 valid responses from undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral dental students, assessing their familiarity, attitudes, concerns, and educational needs regarding artificial intelligence in dentistry. The data was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Compare AI familiarity and attitudes across different levels of dental training based on the survey's demographic breakdown.
• Analyze primary concerns about AI in dentistry, such as data privacy and technological dependence, based on reported student perceptions.
• Identify educational needs for AI integration in dental curricula based on reported student interest and suggested teaching focus areas.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 343 survey responses with a specific breakdown of 201 undergraduates, 92 master’s, and 50 doctoral students.
• Survey captured detailed perceptions, including that 89.8% supported AI use in dental care and 84.2% expressed interest in AI education.
• Analysis compares differences across training stages using statistical tests, as mentioned in the description.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single center in China, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Yanru Wu, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University

Collection Method

Single-center cross-sectional online survey conducted in July 2025.

Time Range

Survey conducted July 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 04:19:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (specific to Wuhan University).