Luciana Reichert da Silva Assunção1, Karina Gerhardt Bianco1, Pedro Ivo Santos Silva3, Carla Oliveira Favretto1 and Robson Frederico Cunha2* 1Post doctoral student, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil 2Adjunct professor, Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba...

Department of Specialized Dentistry, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Community Medical Network Center, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Dental Laboratory Center, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Nagasaki, and ...

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. 2 Associate Professor, Dental Research Center, College of Dentistry University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. 3 Professor, Department of Bioscience Research, College of Dentistry University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. 4 Prof...

We will see an abundance of eager, well-prepared aspiring academic pediatric dentists only when the market forces make this decision more rational for the best and the brightest. Until then, our challenge is to show interested students the excitement and vitality of this career path through our own examples. Then, once those few are intrigued, it is incumbent upon the system to be prepared to f...

Objectives: Manual skills form only a part of the capabilities required for a future dentist. Nevertheless, they are very important components that should be tested. The aim of this study is to investigate if a correlation exists between dental students’ grades in the preclinical courses and their clinical performance. Methods: Preclinical/clinical grades were collected for first, fourth, and f...

Yuichi Yamada*1, Norihiko Okada*1, Keiko Tachikawa*3, Toyoko Kishi*3, Hiroshi Saikawa*5, Shoichiro Takimoto*s, Satoshi Ishida*2, Norimasa Kurosaki*2, Yuichi Saito*4 and Shoji Enomoto*3 *1 The Department of Clinical Laboratory , Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Director: Prof. Shoji Enomoto) *2 The Clinic for Initial Diagnosis/Emergency , Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Med...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, Graduate Student (Doctor Degree), Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate Student (Doctor Degree), Department of Restorative Dentis...

1 DDS, MS, Graduate student; Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental Materials Division, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Brazil 2 DDS, MS, Graduate student, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil 3 DDS, MS, Professor, Department of Dental Materials and Restorative Dentistry, Dental School, University of Uber...

(1) Post Graduation Program in Dentistry at Piracicaba School of Dentistry, Campinas State University – FOP-UNICAMP, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. (2) University of Sagrado Coração, Bauru-SP, Brazil. (3) Speech-language pathologist; PhD Professor of the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo FOB-USP, Bauru-SP, Brazil; PhD in Physiopathology in Medica...