Journal article
Predoctoral Dental Education in Tooth Prognosis and Treatment Complexity: A Survey of US Dental Schools
Journal of dental education, Vol.83(10), pp.1151-1157
10/2019
DOI: 10.21815/JDE.019.122
PMID: 31235502
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the educational methods and tools used to teach tooth prognosis and treatment complexity determination in U.S. predoctoral dental programs. In 2018, an online survey was emailed to the academic deans of all 66 accredited U.S. dental schools. Of these, 42 schools responded (63.6%), and 36 schools completed the entire survey (54.5%). The methods reported for teaching tooth prognosis and case complexity determination varied widely among the participating schools. Among the respondents, 25% reported using the American Association of Endodontists' Endodontic Case Difficulty Assessment, while 10% reported having no specific method for teaching prognosis. The most common method for teaching overall treatment complexity was the Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index, which was used by 24% of the respondents. However, another 24% reported that their school did not have a specific method for teaching treatment complexity. Large percentages of the respondents reported that students sometimes or often made wrong tooth prognosis and case complexity determination (90% and 92%, respectively). The most prominent feedback provided by the respondents based on their experience was the importance of faculty standardization, the understanding of students' inexperience, and the need for an interdisciplinary approach. The majority of these respondents reported that their schools had specific methods of teaching prognosis and case complexity determination. However, there was a wide range of teaching practices related to the contents and levels of evidence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Predoctoral Dental Education in Tooth Prognosis and Treatment Complexity: A Survey of US Dental Schools
- Creators
- Aram Kim - Harvard Medical SchoolFiorella Candamo - Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care CenterAlvin G. Wee - University of MinnesotaJudy Chia-Chun Yuan - University of Illinois at ChicagoLily T. Garcia - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dental education, Vol.83(10), pp.1151-1157
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.21815/JDE.019.122
- PMID
- 31235502
- ISSN
- 0022-0337
- eISSN
- 1930-7837
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2019
- Academic Unit
- Dentistry Administration; Prosthodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984383298102771
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