Dental materials is an integral part of any undergraduate dental curriculum and is most commonly taught in a traditional didactic, lecture-based format. It suffers from the ignominy of being viewed by many as a dry, factual subject with little to excite or engage the student. In this article, the author presents the experimental use of an electronic voting (eVoting) system in an undergraduate d...

The student-to-student local anesthesia administration model has been an accepted part of the formal curriculum in dental schools for teaching this clinical skill. However, there is very little published literature that explores the validity of this model or examines students' attitudes toward it. The ethics of this educational model and the value of consent also need to be explored. In this st...

In this paper, we report the results of a survey on dental student stress carried out in April 2005. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 171 students (62% response rate). Identified stressors were academic, clinic-related, social and financial. "Examination and grades" produced the most academic stress, and inconsistent feedback from instructors created the most clinic-related stress....

Associate Professor, Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences AND Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran Unive...

1Lavanya Ajay Sharma, 2NS Azhagarasan, 3Chitra Shankar, 4Ajay Sharma Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Ragas Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Ragas Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India PhD Student, Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, ...

Corresponding Author: Ritika Malhotra, Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People’s College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Phone: +919893905189, e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of the present in vitro study is to evaluate and compare antimicrobial efficacy of commercially available child’s dental formulas in ...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Postdoctoral Student, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil 2DDS, MSc, PhD student, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP – University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 3MSc, PhD student in Pathology, Department of General Pathology, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil 4MSc, PhD, Researcher, Department of Applied Imm...

1PhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 3Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Fe...

The purpose of this study was to examine predental enrichment activities and their impact on the number of applicants from some of the nation's top dental school feeder institutions (DSFI). The DSFI were identified by their total number of applicants to dental schools and the number of applicants per total student enrollment. A survey consisting of twenty-seven questions on possible predental e...

The purpose of this study was to identify teaching styles that complement the learning preferences of undergraduate dental students while enhancing the quality of patient care. A formidable challenge to reform in dental education has been overcoming the resistance by faculty and administration to recommended changes. The organizational structure of dental institutions, with their independent de...