Journal article
Introducing dental students to clinical patient care: the Complete Denture Prosthodontics Transition Clinic
Journal of prosthodontics, Vol.12(3), pp.206-210
09/2003
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-941X(03)00052-4
PMID: 14508744
Abstract
Using complete denture treatment as an introduction to clinical patient care for dental students, the purposes of the Complete Denture Prosthodontics Transition Clinic at the University of Colorado School of Dentistry are to reduce the time lapse between the preclinical complete denture prosthodontics course and the first denture patient experience, and to encourage development of student self-confidence and skills. In the 2002 spring semester, faculty at the University of Colorado School of Dentistry initiated the Complete Denture Prosthodontics Transition Clinic for DS-II (second-year) dental students, as an introduction to clinical patient care. Each patient was assigned to a team of two dental students. Three Division of Prosthodontics faculty members staffed each clinic session, providing a student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 6.6:1 and a patient-to-faculty ratio of approximately 3.3:1. All DS-II students in the Class of 2004 delivered their first complete dentures no later than 8 months (average, 184 days) after the last day of the preclinical complete denture prosthodontics course. The time from the diagnostic appointment through the denture placement appointment averaged 39 days for patients treated in this program, compared with an average of 98 days or more for previous classes. The program was successful in achieving the goal of reducing the time lapse between the preclinical complete denture prosthodontics course and the first denture patient experience.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Introducing dental students to clinical patient care: the Complete Denture Prosthodontics Transition Clinic
- Creators
- Lisa A Lang - School of Dentistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Campus Box C-284, Denver, CO 80262, USA. Lisa.Lang@UCHSC.eduDavid C HolmesCraig PassonRobert M TromblyJeffrey D AstrothArnold F Tavel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of prosthodontics, Vol.12(3), pp.206-210
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/S1059-941X(03)00052-4
- PMID
- 14508744
- ISSN
- 1059-941X
- eISSN
- 1532-849X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2003
- Academic Unit
- Family Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984065985902771
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