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Chapter 350performed under supervision of the endodontists influenced the self-efficacy and the self-perceived competence of students.Highlights• The method of teaching endodontics can influence the self-efficacy and self-perceived competence of undergraduate dental students.• This work implies that not only skills are important, but also self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is expected to influence how an undergraduate dental student, and following graduation, a general dental practitioner, will handle endodontic cases and how successful they will be.• The Endodontic General Self-Efficacy Scale may be used to assess the self-efficacy since it seems to be a reliable test.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Diana S. RazabSekh for all her help concerning the online questionnaire, Micheal J.W. Thorn for extracting the data from the axiUm dental software and blinding it, and Dr Irene H.A. Aartman for her help with the statistical analysis.Conflict of interestNo conflict of interest was declared by the authors.Peer-review Externally peer-reviewed.Annemarie Baaij.indd 50 28-06-2023 12:26