X-ray exposure to dental patients has been significantly reduced by the introduction of speed group E intraoral film, rectangular beam limitation, long position indicating devices (PIDs), and rare-earth intensifying screens for extraoral radiography. Research indicates that many dentists do not use these techniques. However, schools of dentistry have implemented them to varying degrees for many...

This article reports the results of a study conducted to determine the institutional responsibilities and workload of full-time faculty in baccalaureate dental hygiene programs. A mail questionnaire was sent to program administrators, who were asked to distribute it to faculty. Faculty reported an average work week of 50.5 hours, which includes 46.9 hours spent on paid activities and 3.6 hours ...

Where is the next generation of customers for dental manufacturers and distributors? It’s in today’s dental schools. For this reason, the first priority of those in the dental industry should be to establish a participatory role in the selection of dental school curriculum contents. Surprisingly, this is not the case. In my more than 30 years of experience as a dental school faculty member, I a...

Background. Dentists have an ethical responsibility to provide treatment to HIV-infected patients, particularly because oral lesions are common among these patients. However, there are no official guidelines as to how to treat people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA) or how to screen for potentially infectious people. Materials and ...

The majority of studies examining dental school curriculum have addressed organization, structure, and content issues from the perspectives of administrators, faculty, practitioners/alumni, and professional organizations. However, few studies have focused on students' opinions of dental school. The purpose of this study was to determine students' perceptions of the learning environment, intelle...

Dental schools are facing substantial financial challenges and a shortage of faculty members. One solution to address these issues has been to hire "shared" faculty members, i.e., faculty members whose primary appointment is at one institution who are hired by another institution to teach a course or part of a course. This is a controversial concept. A survey of academic deans at U.S. and Canad...

SORIN POROJAN1, LILIANA POROJAN2* 1 V. Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Specialization Dental Technology, 9 Revolutiei 1989 Blv, Timisoara, Romania 2 Faculty of Dentistry, V. Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Prostheses Technology, Specialization Dental Technology, 9 Revolutiei 1989 Blv...

This report describes the implementation and evaluation of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Dental Faculty Development Program (DFDP) for fifteen participants: five advanced dental education faculty members and ten residents. The 100-hour DFDP, designed in the longitudinal immersion model for faculty development, was conducted in four phases at the Bronx-Lebanon Department of Dentistry in the ...

Mathews Journal of Dentistry Cytotoxicity of Dental Ceramics Used for Manufacturing Dental Fixed Prosthesis: A Systematic Review Waleed Elshahawy1 1Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt. Corresponding Author: Waleed Elshahawy, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt, Tel: 2-0106-875...

SORIN POROJAN1, LILIANA POROJAN2* 1”V. Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Specialization Dental Technology, 9 Revolutiei 1989 Blv, Timisoara, Romania 2 ”V. Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prostheses Technology, Specialization Dental Technology, 9 Revolutiei 1989 ...