Introduction: There are many problems to achieve the adoption of electronic dental record systems. Limited functionalities are one of the most important barriers to the use of electronic dental records. Therefore, this study aimed to identify and compare features and functionalities of specialized electronic dental record systems. Methods: This descriptive-comparative study was conducted in 20...

Background and Objective: Satisfaction of patients has a major effect on improving the quality of services in dental clinics. This study was conducted to evaluate the satisfaction rate of patients referred to the Montazeri dental clinic.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 450 patients from 9 departments of Diagnostic, Radiology, Prosthetics, Restorative, Endo...

Background and purpose: Accurate diagnosis of suspicious oral lesions is made by appropriate sampling and pathology examinations. Inappropriate biopsy can lead to diagnostic errors in histopathological examination of samples. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general dentists in Sari, Iran and final-year dental students in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences on transp...

Introduction: Proper dental education and meeting the needs of society and the need to change the educational method towards comprehensive patient care becomes more apparent. This study was conducted to investigate the views of faculty members of dental schools towards patient-centred education in dentistry. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the views of 325 professors of all ...

abstract a fundamental study of “historio-graphic metafiction” and “literary genres”, as introduced in “new historical philosophy”, and tracing them in the works of julian barnes having studied the two novels, the porcupine and arthur & george, by julian barnes, the researcher has applied linda hutcheon’s historio-graphic metafictional theories to them. the thesis is divided into five cha...