Clinical learning in restorative dentistry is principally centred around the provision of patient care, yet we know very little about the learning processes occurring within the clinical environment. A study of undergraduate dental student clinical practice used a combination of group interview and questionnaire techniques to explore some of the characteristics of student/teacher interaction th...

AIMS To determine the self-assessed continuing professional development (CPD) needs of dental practitioners and identify how each discipline can best be served by a dental CPD programme. To set findings in the context of the available literature and contribute to the development of CPD programmes. METHOD Topics were arranged into eight disciplines: practice management; paediatric dentistry; p...

Virtual reality is a computer based technology linked with the future of dentistry and dental practice. The virtual articulator is one such application in prosthetic and restorative dentistry based on virtual reality that will significantly reduce the limitations of the mechanical articulator, and by simulation of real patient data, allow analyses with regard to static and dynamic occlusion as ...

* Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, 07058/Antalya,Turkey E-mail: [email protected] ** Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey *** Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey **** Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk ...

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...

Denise Martins Carvalho* Master’s Candidate in Dentistry, field of Pediatric Dentistry; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; School of Dentistry. State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Mariana Salazar* Master’s in Dentistry, field of Pediatric Dentistry; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; School of Dentistry. State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Branca Heloís...

Acknowledgement Sincere appreciation now is expressed to the many volunteer workers and other persons, without whose cooperation and assistance the various aspects of this study would not have been possible, Special thanks are due Dr. Mamie JO Jones, and her staff, of the Georgia Department of Education, Services for Exceptional Children, and to Mrs. Louise Stewart, Executive Secretary, Georgia...