INTRODUCTION Occupational diseases are diseases caused by occupational exposures at the workplace, while diseases related to work are diseases caused by many factors, wherein the harmful work conditions are one of the possible causes. Dental medicine is a profession with a high risk of developing occupational diseases. The aim of this paper was to present the results of a survey about occupatio...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the study conditions of dental students towards dental education in China and Japan. METHODS 60 students from the Stomatology School of China Medical University and 51 students from the Dental Faculty of Kyushu University, Japan, participated in this study. Information was derived from a self-answered questionnaire consisting of 10 items. ...

Last year 572,509 international students studied at U.S. universities. The dental health of these students is as diverse as the countries from which they come. This paper discusses the known prevalence and causative factors of dental disease among these students, reported global variations in oral health, and barriers to receiving care faced by international students while in the U.S. The autho...

At the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, dental students are prepared not only to provide skilled care to individual patients, but also to assume responsibility for the community as a whole. In establishing the rural posting program for dental students, it was planned that all fifth year dental students would undertake a rural posting at Igboora, approximately 80 km from Ibadan, the capita...

The aim of this study was to determine if students selected from Japanese dental schools for competition at the Japan Dental Association meeting and who subsequently won awards were different from students who did not win. Eighty abstracts submitted from 1995 to 2001 by dental students for the Japan Student Clinician Program (SCP) award were evaluated. Multiple logistic regression analysis usin...

BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are one of the main occupational health hazards affecting dental practitioners. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD) amongst dental students. Possible correlations with the working environment and ergonomics taught in Malaysian dental schools were also sought. METHODS Five dental sch...

The Institute of Medicine and the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) have recommended that dental schools incorporate community-based dental education (CBDE) programs into their curricula. The expectation is that CBDE participation will help dental students gain the skills and motivation to treat vulnerable populations after graduation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ...

A cross-sectional study of a cohort of 197 clinical dental students in the four accredited dental schools in Nigeria was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of these dental students and their motives for the choice of dentistry. The results indicate that the number of female dental students in Nigeria is increasing, which reflects a trend well established in virtually al...

Service-learning has become an important component in the education of medical and dental students around the world. Dental students at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, provide dental services to rural communities via the Phelophepa train or a Public Oral Health Facility (POHF). The Phelophepa train is a mobile primary health care facility offering dental, pharmacy, nursing, and m...

PURPOSE To assess students' perceptions of the impact of PowerPoint (PPT) presentations in lectures in comparison to the traditional chalk and talk method and lectures using transparencies and overhead projector (TOHP). The study analyzes the preferences for teaching aids of medical students versus dental students. METHODS Second year medical and dental undergraduates were asked to fill in a ...