_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: drkarun16@gmail.com; Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International 32(46): 16-24, 2020; Article no.JPRI.65171 ISSN: 2456-9119 (Past name: British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759) A Comparative Assessment of the Quality of Communication and Interactions between Dental Students and Dental Technicians for Fixed Prosthesis in Saudi Arabia Karunakar Shetty 1* , Raghad Mohammed Mona 2 , Fatmah Abdulrahman Ashy 2 , Sarah Naji Aljahdali 2 and Lama Salman Alhazmi 2 1 Dentistry program, Ibn Sina National College of Medical studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2 Ibn Sina College of Medical Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author KS conceptualized the study, formulated the study design with regard to this work and was also the principal investigator and primary author of the manuscript. He also analyzed the collected data and coordinated with the statistician for the analysis of the data. Authors RMM, FAA, SNA and LSA gathered the data, helped in analysis of these data and necessary inputs were given towards the designing of manuscript. All authors discussed the methodology and results and contributed to the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JPRI/2020/v32i4631098 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Mohamed Fathy, Assiut University, Egypt. Reviewers: (1) Ana Paula Tulio Manfron, Brazil. (2) Israel Lucas Gomes da Silva Teles, Centro Universitário Fluminense – UNIFLU, Brazil. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/65171 Received 20 November 2020 Accepted 23 January 2021 Published 03 February 2021 ABSTRACT Introduction: Improving communication and collaboration between members of the dental team is important to the long term aim of improving the quality of dental care for patients. The aim of this cross฀sectional study was to compare and assess the communication and interactions between dental students and laboratory technicians for fixed prosthesis. Materials and Methods: The Survey based study was conducted online using a self-structured, pre-tested, closed ended with Face validity and content validity and consisting of 18 questions for dental students and 18 questions for dental technicians. Questionnaire was designed to compare Original Research Article