laser technology has been recently introduced into the dental field with the idea to replace drilling. having a less painful first dental experience by the use of modern instruments like laser can be an efficient preventive and therapeutic strategy in pediatric dentistry. pedodontists need to learn the new less invasive technologies and adopt them in their routine practice. this study aimed to ...

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...

Alveolar distraction osteogenesis: a systematic literature review Lili Yang, Eduardo Yugo Suzuki, Boonsiva Suzuki Lili Yang, Eduardo Yugo Suzuki, Boonsiva Suzuki 1 D.D.S, Student of Doctor of Philosophy Program in Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University. 2 D.D.S, Ph.D, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty ...

and Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 2DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 3DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil 4DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Pediatric Dentistry, State U...

it is of utmost importance to make children interested in and willing to use dental services in order to prevent and treat oral diseases. therefore, pediatric dental practitioners need to learn new technologies such as lasers, in addition to basic principles. lasers have opened new horizons in the treatment of both soft and hard oral tissue problems in children. the present article describes ap...

objectives: instruction of local anesthesia injection in an important part of dental education curricula. this study was performed to compare dental students’ preference with regard to tactile or visual determination of injection site for an inferior alveolar nerve block (ianb) in children. materials and methods: this crossover randomized clinical trial was conducted on dental students of zahed...

1Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA 3University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA 4Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul, Turkey 5Department of Cardiology, Endodontology and P...

1Naveen Manuja, 2Rajni Nagpal, 3Mousumi Singh, 4Seema Chaudhary 1Reader, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 4Professor, Dep...