The purpose of this study was to compare dental students' and faculty members' perceptions of classroom incivility and to determine how many students willingly engage in uncivil behavior in the classroom. A web-based survey research design was used to obtain information regarding uncivil classroom behaviors from dental students and full- and part-time dental faculty members at a midwestern U.S....

Allied dental program directors have expressed increasing concerns about possible current and future shortages of allied dental educators. As a result, the ADEA Board of Directors created a task force to investigate the current status of allied dental faculty, including the degree of cultural diversity, and to identify whether current and/or potential future shortages of educators exist. A surv...

Yuichi Yamada*1, Norihiko Okada*1, Keiko Tachikawa*3, Toyoko Kishi*3, Hiroshi Saikawa*5, Shoichiro Takimoto*s, Satoshi Ishida*2, Norimasa Kurosaki*2, Yuichi Saito*4 and Shoji Enomoto*3 *1 The Department of Clinical Laboratory , Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Director: Prof. Shoji Enomoto) *2 The Clinic for Initial Diagnosis/Emergency , Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Med...

The purpose of this study was to assess the current characteristics of full-time faculty in baccalaureate dental hygiene programs in the United States. A mail questionnaire was sent to program administrators for distribution to faculty. Program response rate was 89.7 percent (26/29), and full-time faculty response rate was 68.3 percent (114/167). The percentage of dental hygiene faculty who are...

The annual turnover of dental school faculty creates a varying number of vacant budgeted positions at any given time. The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) conducts an annual survey to determine the status and characteristics of these vacant faculty positions. In addition, ADEA conducts an annual survey of dental educators to maintain a database on the size and characteristics of den...

RÉKA GYERGYAY 1, BÉLA KOVÁCS 2, DANA CRISTINA BRATU3*, MELINDA SZÉKELY 4, MÓNIKA KOVÁCS 5, SILVIA-IZABELLA POP5*, ELÕD NAGY 2 1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu-Mures, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Pedodontics, 38 Gheorghe Marinescu Str., 540139, Tîrgu-Mures, Romania. 2University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu-Mures, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemi...

A dire need for additional dental educators is emerging. This article reflects on the heavily skewed age groups of our current dental educators and the lack of sufficient new faculty to undertake the tasks of faculty members. A literature review is presented of previous studies monitoring the current demographics of dental faculty, projected trends, and factors that influence an individual's ca...

Farid Bourzgui, Hakima Aghoutan, Mourad Sebbar, Samir Diouny and Bouchaib Aazzab 1 Department of Dento-Facial Orthopedic, Dental Research Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hassan II Ain Chok University in Casablanca, Morocco 2 Department of English Studies, Faculty of Letters and Hunanities Chouaib Doukkali University, El-Jadida, Morocco 3 Dental Research Laboratory Director Faculty of De...

1 Department of Prosthetics and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ClujNapoca, Romania; 3 Endocrinology Chair, VIth Medical Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clu...

The purpose of this study was to determine the treatment preferences amongst dental faculty and dental students for either retention of teeth by endodontic and restorative treatment or extraction and implant placement. A survey of 134 general dentistry faculty and 253 senior (fourth-year) dental students was conducted in a university college of dentistry. Participants completed a survey consist...