conclusions “certainty in decision-making” to maintain dental health depends on overcoming the barriers of dental health. further research is needed to confirm the findings of this study. results during data analysis, four main themes developed: “barriers to dental health,” “maintaining dental health,” “uncertainty in decision-making” and “supportive factors”. “uncertainty in decision-making” a...

background : retakes of intra oral radiographs happen frequently in dental practice although radiographic courses train dental students in consecutive semesters. to reduce the patient exposure as much as possible it is mandatory to reduce the number of retakes both in radiology clinics and educational centers. materials and methods : 3188 periapical radiographs taken by bisect-angle technique w...

background: dental students’ attendance in community fields prepares them to get involved in oral health promotion programs.  the aim of this study was to evaluate dental students` attitude toward education in community dentistry fields at an iranian dental school. methods: 125 dental students participated in a questionnaire survey.  the questionnaire included questions regarding students’ back...

Sonal Srivastava1, Jitendra Kumar2, Manaswita Tripathy3, Vaibhav Jain4 1Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka, India, 2Post-graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka, India, 3Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KVG Dental Colleg...

introduction: establishment of effective communication between the clinician and patient is essential in order to increase the effectiveness of treatment. these skills have been less investigated among dental students. this study aimed to evaluate communication skills of dental students in shiraz with patients through direct observation, patients’ perspectives and students’ self-assessments. me...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 3Undergraduate Student of Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 4Associate Professor of Operative Dentistry, Dean of Bauru Dental School, Un...

The changing role of dental hygienists deserves dental and dental hygiene educators' attention. The first aim of this survey study was to assess University of Michigan dental, dental hygiene, and graduate students' and faculty members' perceptions of dental hygienists' roles; their attitudes and behaviors related to clinical interactions between dental and dental hygiene students; and perceived...

background: dental students constitute a stakeholder group that is able to provide unique information concerning the effectiveness of the dental curriculum. the purpose of this study was to determine students’ perceptions of the learning environment, intellectual climate and teacher student relationships in dental school.     methods: this study was conducted among 341 dental students of two de...

background: the graduated dentists who are working for the community health services are considered to be better judges to comment on the educational needs in accordance with the society prerequisites. the aim of this study was to investigate the educational provisions of the department of pediatric dentistry from the viewpoints of the graduated dentists of shiraz dental school. methods: a tota...

background: awareness of dental students’ views from the clinical departments will help on developing strategies for qualitative and quantitative improvement of clinical skills. the purpose of this study was an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the clinical departments of babol dental school, from students' views point, to provide feedback for improving of clinical skills train...