INTRODUCTION Video-assisted clinical instruction (VACID) has been found to be a beneficial teaching tool for various fields in dentistry. The aim of this interventional study was to compare the efficacy of live conventional demonstration (CD), video teaching, and VACID (video with explanation) methods in teaching of root canal treatment to undergraduate dental students. METHODS AND MATERIALS ...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to examine the impact of "curricula for undergraduate education in oriental medicine (OM)/complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)" on student awareness of OM. A questionnaire survey was conducted involving the Nagasaki University School of Dentistry (NUSD), a university that implements education in OM as part of its undergraduate curriculum, and Tokyo Den...

One of the first questions a dental student can ask in regard to pediatric dentistry is, "Why is there a need for a specialty of pediatric dentistry?" Quite a few students give at least some thought to this question, but very few receive a complete answer. And, I don’t believe that students are the only ones who are asking this question right now. This involuntary ignorance is likely due to a l...

introduction : there is a direct relationship between the quality of root canal obturation and success of endodontic therapy. the aim of the present study was to assess the quality of canal obturation performed by undergraduate dental students at the faculty of dentistry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran. materials and methods: records of 200 endodontically treated teeth fr...

Most pediatric dentists in the United Kingdom and North America1,2 use formocresol pulpotomy for vital primary pulp therapy. In the United Kingdom, 54% of pediatric dentists reported concerns about possible sensitization, toxic, mutagenic or carcinogenic effects of formocresol; 42% of specialists surveyed in 2002 were considering changing their pulp technique to avoid formocresol.1 We performed...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of overhanging margins in amalgam restorations done by undergraduate students at Fatima Jinnah Dental College Hospital, Karachi. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Operative Dentistry, Fatima Jinnah Dental Hospital, Karachi, from January to June 2009. METHODOLOGY Patients aged 20 - 45 years attending the Departm...