AIM The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental implantology among dentists practicing in Nigeria. MATERIALS Self-administered questionnaires to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitude of dental implantology were sent to dentists practicing in all the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria (i.e., all tertiary dental institutions, and selected general ...

Introduction: During COVID-19 pandemic, students were introduced to a novel learning platform moving away from in-person lecture classes and pedagogies. Medical courses in general dentistry specific has its chunk of curriculum devoted development clinical laboratory skills, patient interaction management wide spectrum oral diseases which affect the human body. Many Universities have shifted onl...

INTRODUCTION In the pre-clinical phase of the study of dentistry at the University of Greifswald, the course "Early Patient Contact (EPC)" is conducted within the framework of Community Medicine/Dentistry. The course is based on three pillars: the patient visiting program, special problem-oriented seminars, and communication training for doctors. The essential goal consists of providing student...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown that dental practitioners in Benghazi believed that the less prevention-oriented education system is one of the barriers to applying preventive dentistry. OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and perceived competence of the dental graduates in Benghazi towards prevention and early management of dental caries. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based surv...

conclusions the study results demonstrated that undergraduate prosthodontics students in their last two years of study had an average knowledge of working with methyl methacrylate. therefore, health education should focus more on working with dentistry substances, in order to enhance the knowledge level of the targeted students. results the mean level of individuals’ knowledge in regard to work...

There is an increasingly growing trend towards integrating scientific research training into undergraduate medical education. The importance and compulsoriness of this trend has been greatly highlighted at the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University. Despite the importance and benefits of undergraduate research, attempts of medical schools to encourage undergradu...

A public health workforce that reflects the increasing diversity of U.S. population is critical for promotion and to eliminate persistent disparities. Academic institutions must provide appropriate education training increase in professions improve efforts culturally competent care programs most vulnerable communities. Reaching into existing talent pool diverse candidates at undergraduate level...

Introduction: Among teaching and learning methods, those using Information and Communication Technologies as new dental education possibilities are based on the student’s knowledge construction and the development of new capabilities such as innovation, creativity, autonomy and communication. Objective: To demonstrate the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as support tools...

background: above all methods effective learning results from decent training, acquired in the proper environment and encouraging creative methods. computer-assisted training by educational software is considered a fundamental measure to improve medical and dentistry education systems. this study aims to design and assess fixed dental prostheses via 2 multimedia instructional contents at the gu...