Ientered New York University College of Dentistry with a different perspective from most other dental students. Dentistry is a second career for me. I taught public school for six years before hearing the call of dentistry—four years in elementary education and two years teaching high school biology. Those six years of teaching experience “behind the lectern” combined with three years of learni...

Background and Aim: Nowadays infections formed by virus of hepatitis are the most important part of infectious disease in dentistry because of working in close contact with patients. The aim of this study is to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and behaviour among dental clinic students regarding Hepatitis B disease and standard isolation precautions in Ankara University Dentistry Facu...

Simulation training may be useful in the preclinical operative dentistry curriculum; however, the optimal timing and duration of training have not been defined. This study compared eight hours of adjunctive computerized dental simulator (CDS) training at two different time points to traditional teaching alone. First-year dental students (n=75) were randomized to CDS training (n=39) or tradition...

PURPOSE This study was performed to determine didactic and clinical curricular content about infant oral health in predoctoral pediatric dentistry programs. METHODS 54 dental school departments of pediatric dentistry were surveyed about: 1) curricular content devoted to teaching infant oral health (IOH) and age of first dental visit; 2) methods used to teach IOH and hours dedicated to each me...

This study focuses on dentistry professors' and students' concepts concerning the dentist's role in the Family Health Program (FHP) and proposes a contribution to training at the Centers for Continuing Education. A qualitative research method was use to construct a collective subject's discourse, based on taped interviews. The study covered three institutions of higher education in dentistry, l...

Investigating career motivations and intentions of dental students provides a better understanding of their role in society and contributes to the debate on dental education and practices. This study describes the profile, career choice motivations, and career intentions of Brazilian dental students and evaluates factors related to these choices. A cross-sectional study was carried out among de...

Virtual-patient (VP) software is an innovative educational tool which provides a safe environment in which students and interns can acquire clinical skills before engaging in real patient cases. Virtual patients allow the study of different scenarios regardless of the teaching staff availability, student location or, more important in dentistry, accessibility to patient, dental materials and di...

Objectives: Identification of the level of knowledge on ergonomics principles, and application of these by dentistry students to investigate whether painful symptomatology was experienced. Another objective is the expansion of discussions on occupational health in academic settings. Study Design and Settings: Dentistry students of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (n = 148) ...

BACKGROUND Dental students receive theoretical and clinical training in pediatric behavioral guidance techniques at university. Therefore, the content of the educational course and the degree of training in behavioral techniques may have an impact on the students' perceptions and practice of such techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Saudi dental students' perceptions of behavio...