The available information on the closing of dental schools offers only a partial explanation for those decisions. As consultants to parts and pieces of closings and major restructuring efforts of dental schools, Triangle Associates had the unique opportunity to listen first hand to the dynamics that accompanied closing decisions. This article offers three lessons derived from a case analysis of...

This paper presents the profile and competences for the European Dentist as approved by the General Assembly of the Association for Dental Education in Europe at its annual meeting held in Cardiff in September 2004. A task-force drafted the document, which was then sent to all European Dental Schools. Reactions received were used to amend the document. European dental schools are expected to ad...

1479 One of the most pressing concerns for dental students today is educational debt. Dental school graduates have among the highest amounts of student debt in the nation. Over the last decade, student indebtedness has increased much more quickly than inflation, a rise that is directly related to higher tuition and fees. In 2013, dental students overall incurred an average debt of $241,000, acc...

Drawing on the interconnection of workforce diversity and oral health access, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is leading a novel approach to improve student body diversity in U.S. dental schools through an admissions committee development program. With funding provided by the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program and the Robert Wood Johnso...

The purpose of this project is to assess how information technology (IT) is being implemented and managed in U.S. dental schools. Recent advances in IT have restructured many of the administrative, curricular, and clinical functions in dental schools. Purchasing hardware and software and hiring personnel to maintain IT present significant financial and administrative commitments for these schoo...

OBJECTIVES Despite the increasing demand for implant-based treatments, removable partial dentures (RPDs) are frequently used in the oral rehabilitation of partially dentate patients. Furthermore, the Bologna Declaration Agreement (1999) promotes the freedom of movement both of students among dental schools and of graduates across the European Union (EU). Given that inconsistency in teaching amo...

To fulfill the Healthy People 2010 Objective 1.7, "Increase the proportion of . . . health professional training schools whose basic curriculum for health care providers includes the core competencies in health promotion and disease prevention," the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force has developed a curriculum framework for clinical prevention and population health for all the health professi...

conclusions it was concluded that the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries was 9.3%. traumatic dental injuries among children exhibit complex interaction between the victims’ oral conditions and their behavior. therefore, prevention should consider a number of characteristics such as oral predisposing factors, environmental determinants and human behavior. it is recommended that specific and...

The Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)'s revised standard 2-23, which went into effect in July 2013, requires U.S. dental graduates to be competent in "evaluation of the outcomes of treatment, recall strategies, and prognosis." To assess the way dental schools are implementing this revised recommendation, a survey was conducted to assess the existence of recall systems in the schools' cl...

statement of problem: dental caries are considered as one of the most common health problems and have been shown to be more prevalent in children. purpose: the aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the distribution of dental caries among 400 twelve-year-old schoolchildren, in the al-mukalla area in yemen. materials and methods: multistage stratified sampling was used to obtain a sa...