Objective: Dental profession is associated with a high level of stress experienced by clinicians in private practice as well as students and instructors in dental school environment. The purpose of this study was to detect the main stressors in dental students of School of dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences in 2011-2012.   Methods: In this descriptive, analytical study, data were...

background: evaluating the factors influence student perception, might allow programmatic changes designed to enhance students’ psychosocial well-being and academic performance. the purpose of this study was to investigate perceived sources of stress on dental students and the role of parents in their career choice decisions. methods: in a cross-sectional design , a modified dental environmenta...

background: different postdesigns and materials are available; however, no consensus exists regarding superiority for stress distribution. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of design and material of post with or without ferrule on stress distribution using finite element analysis. materials and methods: a total of 12 three‑dimensional (3d) axisymmetric models of postretained cent...

conclusions it is required to consider the strategies during student education in dental schools for both under and post-graduation dental students and better to follow them in workshops for other dentists and even endodontists. results the most stressful stage of root canal therapy was endodontic treatment for children in male endodontists and residents, preparing access cavity on crowns in fe...

The aim of this study was to investigate the perceived sources of stress and the role of parents in its etiology among dental students in a private dental school in India. A modified Dental Environment Stress (DES) Questionnaire was administered to 256 dental students. The main sources of stress were found to be fear of facing parents after failure, full loaded day, and fear of failing course o...

background and aims. the aim of this study was to determine the stress patterns within an implant and the effect of different types of connections on load transfer. materials and methods. three different types of implant-abutment connections were selected for this study. sample a: 1.5-mm deep internal hex corresponding to a lead-in bevel; sample b: a tri-channel internal connection; and sample ...

introduction: introduction: few studies have investigated the distribution of stress around implants. in this study the distribution of stress in bones around implants was investigated in five overdenture (od) treatment designs including od-1, od-2, od-3, od-4 and od-5. materials and methods: the catia modeling software was used in order to simulate the tooth/implant model and bone. first, the ...

OBJECTIVE The study objectives were to identify the stress levels and to explore the impact of students' year of study and gender on the perceived sources of stress among Malaysian dental students. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving dental students from year one to year five from private and public universities in Malaysia. The study was formally approved by the Research and E...

OBJECTIVE To describe and compare the levels of stress reported by dental practitioners working within clinical dental specialties. METHOD Questionnaire survey of 220 dental practitioners identified from the General Dental Council lists of specialist practitioners in the following clinical specialties: orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, restorative dentistry, endodontics, periodontology, pro...