correlation between the two manual and cavity preparation skills

results most dental students had cavity preparation, handwriting and drawing skills above the average. a significant correlation was found between drawing and tooth preparation skills (p < 0.05). background acquiring fine psychomotor skills is challenging for dental students. objectives this study aimed to assess the correlation of cavity preparation skills with drawing skills and handwriting of dental students. methods ninety-two male and female dental students taking the preclinical course of restorative dentistry in shahid beheshti dental school participated in three tests of handwriting, drawing a smile and an amalgam class (cl) i cavity preparation and were scored using a specific scoring system. the correlation among the three skills was assessed using multivariate linear regression. conclusions a statistically significant difference existed between drawing and cavity preparation skills in students; however, this correlation was not clinically considerable.