BACKGROUND To evaluate the immunological situation against hepatitis B virus (HBV) of a cohort of dentistry students, to analyze the behavior of the levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) after the administration of one or three vaccine doses, and to determine the influence of age and sex on the immune response. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study included students ...

Il For the new academic year there is an important news: the university course in Dentistry becomes six years long. It is an epochal change regarding the educational path of new dentists which will strongly involve both the students and the teachers. In fact, the addition of the 6th year has the aim to uniform the university courses in Dentistry and in Prostethic Dentistry for the entire Italia...

The goals of this study were to 1) evaluate dental students' perceptions of dental specialties, 2) identify factors that play an important role in students' decision to pursue specialty training or career choices, and 3) establish a baseline of students' perceptions of the dental fields with the best future in terms of salary, personal and patient quality of life, and overall impact on the dent...

A possible measure of clinical competency for undergraduates may be students' continuous clinical assessment marks. This study compared each student's continuous clinical assessment (CCA) mark with their summative clinical assessments (SCA) in Paedodontics, Crown and Bridgework, Endodontics and Basic Restorative Dentistry. This was done in order to evaluate the predictive potential of the forme...

OBJECTIVE Educational teaching of the diagnosis of resorbed root for pulpectomy in deciduous teeth radiography has always been a big challenge in pediatric dentistry. The purpose of the study was to propose a new practical methodology to improve the quality of learning in students of dentistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS Extracted deciduous teeth were molded in the transparent epoxy resin as their...

Purpose/Objectives: Female and under-represented racial and ethnic minority (URM) dental faculty are disproportionate to the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of the nation, despite trainees’ and patients’ preference for concordant faculty and providers. Although dental students represent a pipeline of potential faculty, little is known about their interest in academia. The purpose of this...