The Dead Center of the Dental Curriculum: Changing Attitudes of Dental Students During Dissection

Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude of students of dental schools in Southern India towards Basic Life Support (BLS), as well as to study the retention of BLS knowledge over time. Subjects and methods: A prevalidated questionnaire was employed, which contains 12 knowledge Questions and five questions designed to assess the students perspective towards BLS. It was hosted on Google Forms, and the URL was distributed to the Students. Results: A total of 267 responses were received, of which 66 were males and 201 were female students. Out of a maximum possible score of 12, the mean knowledge score of the group was 4.54. It was found that those who attended a BLS workshop within the last 2 years scored significantly better than those who either took it more than 2 years ago or had never undergone BLS training. Almost all participants (96%) agreed that there is a need for BLS to be learned by all dental students and hence BLS training should be part of the dental curriculum. 76.8% of respondents expressed reluctance to perform CPR on strangers. Conclusion: The findings show that the dental students who participated in the study had inadequate knowledge in BLS, but had a positive attitude towards the adoption of BLS into the dental curriculum.

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Catalogue of Interactive Learning Objectives to improve an Integrated Medical and Dental Curriculum

The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice ◽

10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1964 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (12) ◽

pp. 965-968 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Benjamin Mahmoodi ◽

K Sagheb ◽

Ka Sagheb ◽

P Schulz ◽

B Willershausen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Learning Strategies ◽

Interactive Learning ◽

Dental Education ◽

Direct Determination ◽

Dental Students ◽

Learning Objectives ◽

Study Materials ◽

Clinical Case Studies ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

E Learning

ABSTRACT Introduction Online learning media are increasingly being incorporated into medical and dental education. However, the coordination between obligatory and facultative teaching domains still remains unsatisfying. The Catalogue of Interactive Learning Objectives of the University Clinic of Mainz (ILKUM), aims to offer knowledge transfer for students while being mindful of their individual qualifications. Its hierarchical structure is designed according to the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) levels of competence. Materials and methods The ILKUM was designed to establish a stronger interconnection between already existing and prospective learning strategies. All contents are linked to the current lectures as well as to e-learning modules, e.g., clinical case studies and OR videos. Students can conduct self-examinations regarding specific learning objectives. Since 2007, ILKUM has been developed and analyzed regarding its acceptance among dental students. Results These improved e-learning techniques foster time and location-independent access to study materials and allow an estimation of the knowledge achieved by students. Surveys of our students clearly show a large demand for upgrading ILKUM content (89%; n = 172) with integrated self-testing (89%; n = 174). In parallel to the advancement of our e-learning offering, a portion of internet-based learning is constantly rising among students. Conclusion The broad acceptance and demand for the development of ILKUM show its potential. Moreover, ILKUM grants fast, topic-oriented querying of learning content without time and locale limitations as well as direct determination of the individually needed knowledge conditions. Clinical significance The long-term goal of the ILKUM project is to be a sustainable, important additional modality of teaching and training for dental and medical students. How to cite this article Mahmoodi B, Sagheb K, Sagheb K, Schulz P, Willershausen B, Al-Nawas B, Walter C. Catalogue of Interactive Learning Objectives to improve an Integrated Medical and Dental Curriculum. J Contemp Dent Pract 2016;17(12):965-968.

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Dental Students’ Factual and Procedural Knowledge Retention in Operative Dentistry in a Clinical Dental Curriculum

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.21815/jde.018.092 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 82 (9) ◽

pp. 943-948

Author(s):

Tim Hausdörfer ◽

Philipp Kanzow ◽

Claudia Tschammler ◽

Manfred Herrmann ◽

Annette Wiegand

Keyword(s):

Procedural Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Retention ◽

Dental Students ◽

Operative Dentistry ◽

Dental Curriculum

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Forensic Odontology: Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Students in Ajman University, United Arab Emirates

The Open Dentistry Journal ◽

10.2174/1874210602014010515 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 515-519

Author(s):

Raghad Hashim ◽

Afraa Salah ◽

Ruba Odeh

Keyword(s):

United Arab Emirates ◽

Formal Education ◽

Undergraduate Curriculum ◽

Forensic Odontology ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Students ◽

Forensic Identification ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Aims: The aims of this study were to assess dental students’ knowledge and attitude with regard to forensic odontology and to determine students’ opinions in the current dental curriculum. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among dental students at one of the main dental colleges in the United Arab Emirates; only dental students on their final year and internship were invited to participate. An online self-administrated questionnaire was used, which consisted of a set of 15 questions. All the data were entered into Microsoft Excel and then transferred into SPSS. Results: A total of 276 dental students contributed to this study. The highest percentage of correct responses stated by the students was related to the estimation of individuals’ age and estimation of dental age based on radiograph and eruption status. However, there were clear deficiencies in students’ knowledge in relation to other aspects such as gender identification and lip-print, palatal rugae as an indicator in forensic identification. A high percentage (84.8%) had no formal education in the field of forensic odontology. Moreover, 93.1% of the students agreed that their present knowledge about forensic odontology is inadequate. Most of the participants (95.0%) agreed upon the necessity of adding a module on forensic odontology to the current curriculum. Conclusion: Our study revealed inadequate knowledge among dental students in relation to forensic odontology. This lack of knowledge among them attributed to the lack of formal training, and lack of forensic odontology as a part of dental curriculum. Forensic odontology must be added to the undergraduate curriculum as a separate subject to enrich students’ knowledge and awareness toward medico-legal cases in their future careers.

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Attitudes of dental students towards paediatric dental behaviour guidance

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences ◽

10.20396/bjos.v21i00.8665272 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. e225272

Author(s):

Maria Shindova ◽

Ani Belcheva

Keyword(s):

Negative Reinforcement ◽

Physical Restraint ◽

Dental Students ◽

Educational Process ◽

Parental Presence ◽

Behaviour Management ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Management Techniques ◽

Behaviour Guidance

Aim: To compare the pre-clinical and clinical students` perceptions about the non-pharmacological behaviour management techniques in paediatric dentistry and to investigate the influence of the dental curriculum on the students` knowledge regarding this issue. Methods: A total of 283 students from the IV-and X-semester completed a questionnaire, consisted of 12 statements, describing the nonpharmacological behaviour management techniques for the treatment of paediatric dental patients. The acceptability rate was evaluated with a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5. Results: The students from all courses demonstrated high acceptance for Reinforcement and Desensitization techniques and low for the Negative reinforcement and Physical restraint. The comparison between the perceptions of the pre-clinical and clinical students demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the acceptance of the physical restraint, along with Nonverbal communication, Modelling and Parental presence/absence (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results provide information about the students’ knowledge and skills in behaviour management techniques together with some insights about how the educational process can modify the students` perceptions and views in dealing with paediatric dental patients.

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Awareness of intraoral photography among dental students

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.3330 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽

pp. 1036-1039

Author(s):

Ravi Teja Maddula ◽

Abby Abraham ◽

Dhanraj Ganapathy

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Dental Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

White Balance ◽

Automatic Mode ◽

The People ◽

Proper Training ◽

Long Time ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Dental Schools

Precise shade matching is one of the most testing parts of dental restorations and stylish dentistry. Because of the incredible assortment of regular tooth shading accomplishing a nearby shade match of a fake rebuilding with normal dentition is a mind-boggling process. Photography has been utilized for a long time trying to improve correspondence among dental specialists and dental professionals. The aim of the study was to evaluate the awareness of intra oral photography among dental graduates. This was a questionnaire based cross-sectional type of study comprising 100 dental college students in Chennai. A self-designed questionnaire contains 10 questions based on the knowledge, awareness on intra oral photography among dental college students. Questionnaires were circulated through an online website survey planet. After the responses were received from 100 participants, data were collected and analysed.76% of dental graduates stated the intraoral photographs were taken in automatic mode and only 24% of dental graduates set the camera in manual mode to capture the intraoral image. 97% of Dental graduates use the grey card as the contrast to the subject taken, and 98% of dental graduates are unaware about the use of white balance in-camera setting, and 1% of dental graduates are only aware of the 18% grey card and the use of grey card to pre-set the white balance. 100% of the people recommend the intraoral photography courses included in the dental course. 33% of the graduates have attended the photography courses to learn the technique to capture the intraoral photographs. The awareness of intraoral photography among dental students is moderately adequate. More than 30 of the graduates have attended the photography courses to learn the technique to capture the intraoral photographs. The documentation of the clinical cases is being encouraged in dental schools, but the proper training for the intraoral photographs is not being met. 100% of graduates recommend the photography courses be included in the dental curriculum.

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Preparing dental graduates to provide care for frail and care-dependent older patients: An educational intervention

Focus on Health Professional Education A Multi-Professional Journal ◽

10.11157/fohpe.v22i2.419 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 23-38

Author(s):

Angie Nilsson ◽

Louise Young ◽

Felicity Croker

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Older People ◽

Older Patients ◽

Aged Care ◽

Dental Students ◽

Residential Aged Care ◽

Care Facilities ◽

Aged Care Facilities ◽

Residential Aged Care Facilities ◽

Dental Curriculum

Introduction: Australia’s population is living longer and retaining more of their dentition. While the demand for oral health services in residential aged-care facilities increases, there is a call for further inclusion of gerodontology in the undergraduate dental curriculum. This qualitative study explored the attitude of dental students to providing oral health care to older people using a pilot gerodontology curriculum as an intervention during a final-year clinical placement in Hobart, Tasmania.Methods: Focus groups with undergraduate dental students on clinical placement were conducted in 2018 prior to and after implementation of a pilot gerodontology curriculum. The qualitative data was thematically analysed.Results: Two focus groups were conducted with a total of 18 dental students. The main themes included: applied practical learning in aged care, unpreparedness for managing frail older patients, lack of confidence with the process of gaining consent from people with dementia, barriers to providing care to older people and interactions with residents and staff of residential aged-care facilities. Conclusions: This study highlighted the barriers for dental students providing care to older people. There is a need to evaluate how gerodontology is currently taught in the undergraduate dental curriculum to better prepare the dental workforce to respond effectively and more confidently to the growing population of dentate older people in residential aged-care facilities.

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Dental students' perceptions about the endodontic treatments performed using NiTi rotary instruments and hand stainless steel files

Brazilian Dental Journal ◽

10.1590/s0103-64402012000600018 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 729-736 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Renata Castro Martins ◽

Marília Oliveira Saraiva Seijo ◽

Efigênia Ferreira Ferreira ◽

Saul Martins Paiva ◽

Antônio Paulino Ribeiro Sobrinho

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Clinical Experience ◽

Dental Students ◽

Endodontic Treatment ◽

Rate Of Return ◽

Learning Time ◽

Rotary Instruments ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Niti Rotary Instruments

This study evaluated the perceptions of Brazilian undergraduate dental students about the endodontic treatments performed using NiTi rotary instruments and hand stainless steel. Data were collected using a questionnaire administered to undergraduate dental students enrolled in endodontic disciplines. The students were divided into 3 groups: G1, students who had treated straight canals with SS hand instruments; G2, students who had treated curved canals with SS hand instruments; and G3, students who had treated both straight and curved canals with NiTi rotary instruments. The number of endodontic treatments performed, types of treated teeth, students' learning, time spent, encountered difficulties, quality of endodontic treatment and characteristics of the employed technique were analyzed. There was a 91.3% rate of return for the questionnaires. Mandibular molars were the most frequently treated teeth, followed by maxillary incisors. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed no differences in learning (p=0.528) or in the characteristics of the technique employed (p=0.560) among the three groups. G3 students performed a greater number of endodontic treatments (p<0.001) in a smaller time (p<0.001) than did G1 and G2 students. Difficulties were reported primarily by students in G2 and G3 compared with G1 (p=0.048). The quality of endodontic treatments differed only between G1 and G2 (p=0.045). The use of NiTi rotary instruments should be included in undergraduate dental curriculum, contributing to the increase of patients assisted and consequently to improve the clinical experience of the students.

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Assessment of Ergonomic Factors in Undergraduate Dental Students: An Observational Study

Journal of Health Sciences & Research ◽

10.5005/jp-journals-10042-1001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

R Vinaya Kumar ◽

P Anuroopa ◽

MS Nalini ◽

S Savita

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Musculoskeletal Pain ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Medical Information ◽

Dental Students ◽

Work Related ◽

Muscular Pain ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Dental Professionals

ABSTRACT Background The musculoskeletal health of dental pro- fessionals has been the focus of several studies globally. It has been estimated that work-related musculoskeletal injuries occur in 54 to 93% of dental professionals. However, when it comes to studies carried out on dental students, there is a dearth of information. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the ergonomic factors and presence of muscular pain in dental students undergoing clinical training at Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, India. Materials and methods Data collection was carried out on a sample of 103 students pursuing their undergraduate program in dentistry using a structured questionnaire comprising questions pertaining to the recipient's sociodemographic information, ergonomic features, medical information, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) resulting from clinical practice, musculoskeletal demands, posture related queries, workplace, instruments and exercises. Results The results of this study revealed a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in dental students. Further, the study also highlighted the lack of knowledge among the students which could have led to the aggravation of symptoms. Conclusion Therefore, it is essential to include ergonomics in the dental curriculum so as to educate students regarding adoption of healthy postures and subsequently reduce the risk of MSDs. The etiology of musculoskeletal disease is multifactorial and consequently preventive strategies should focus on ergo- nomics, breaks at work, general health and physical exercise. How to cite this article Kumar RV, Anuroopa P, Nalini MS, Savita S. Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Assessment of Ergonomic Factors in Undergraduate Dental Students: An Observational Study. J Health Sci Res 2014;5(2):1-5.

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