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{"title":"Establishing Safe and Consistent Moderate Intravenous (IV) Sedation Practices in Dental Education: A Protocol-Based Approach.","authors":"Christopher M Lee, Steve Nguyen, Casey S Kim, Patrick Choi","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Moderate IV sedation is increasingly essential in contemporary dental practice, yet significant variability exists in how dental institutions teach, supervise, and regulate its use. This perspective outlines a protocol-based framework designed to improve patient selection, safety, and instructional consistency in an academic setting.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>A four-phase development process-regulatory review, institutional assessment, comprehensive preoperative evaluation, and educational integration-was used to create a standardized system for moderate IV sedation. The framework incorporates eligibility thresholds, a structured preoperative evaluation, faculty calibration requirements, and continuous quality improvement mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Implementation of this framework clarified patient-selection parameters, reduced variability among supervising faculty, and improved alignment between regulatory expectations and daily clinical education. Integration into didactic instruction, simulation, and competency assessments strengthened resident preparedness and enhanced institutional oversight.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A protocol-based approach offers a scalable educational model that promotes patient safety, advances competency-based training, and reduces institutional variability. Dental programs may adopt similar frameworks to ensure safe and consistent moderate sedation practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lymph Node Simulator of the Neck Region: A Novel Teaching-Learning Tool.","authors":"Manoj Prabhakar, Preethi Murali, Sivapathasundharam Balasundaram, Kavitha Bottu","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smartphone-Assisted Visual Feedback for Mannequin Preparations in Preclinical Operative Dentistry.","authors":"Gildo C Santos, Maria Jacinta M C Santos","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in Dental Students' Entrepreneurial Profile: A 10-Year Comparison.","authors":"Camila Lindoni Azevedo, Jaqueline Montoril Sampaio Mota, Edgard Michel Crosato","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Rapid transformations in the dental labor market and curricular reforms have reshaped the competencies required for new graduates. Entrepreneurial readiness and strategic management skills have become crucial for professional sustainability. This study assessed how the entrepreneurial and managerial perceptions of final-year dental students at the University of São Paulo (FOUSP) evolved over a decade marked by educational and socioeconomic change.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional comparative design included two cohorts of final-year students enrolled in the Management and Planning in Dentistry course in 2014 (n = 107) and 2024 (n = 106). Sixty-three items addressing personal profile, management, entrepreneurship, and professional future were rated on a 4-point Likert scale. Comparative analyses used chi-square tests with Bonferroni correction and complex network analysis with the EBICglasso algorithm applied to polychoric correlations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 2014 network revealed fragmented and intradomain connections focused on financial control and infrastructure. By 2024, networks became denser and more cohesive, linking business, entrepreneurship, location, and personal profile domains. Leadership, strategic planning, and competitive differentiation emerged as high-centrality nodes, while purely financial motives lost prominence. Professional confidence and risk readiness remained limited, as item-level analyses revealed persistent hesitation regarding risk acceptance, reliance on external financing, and future professional commitments.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Over 10 years, students' cognitive organization of entrepreneurial practice became more cohesive and strategically structured. The coexistence of structural integration with enduring personal hesitation reveals a critical gap between conceptual preparedness and professional self-assurance, highlighting the need for educational strategies that translate conceptual knowledge into applied competence.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Methodological Considerations for Interpreting Pilot Comparisons of Chatbot-Based and Lecture-Based Instruction in Endodontic Diagnosis.","authors":"Luiz Eduardo Juliasse, Carlos Fernando Mourão","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70256","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structured Rubrics for Assessing Digital Dentistry Workflows in Dental Education.","authors":"Zaid Badr, Manal Hamdan, Brian Hodgson, Elsbeth Kalenderian","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancement of Undergraduate Dental Implant Education Through the Introduction of a Novel Orientation Gauge.","authors":"Tao Wu, Haibin Xia, Yi Zhao, Min Wang, Liangwen Chen, Fengxiao He, Xin Liu, Si Chen","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of a novel orientation gauge for undergraduate learning in implant dentistry hands-on practice.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The individualized simulation models were processed based on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and intraoral scanning of a patient with an absence of bilateral mandibular first molars. A novel orientation gauge was invented to instruct students to place implants and assess dental implant buccal-lingual, mesial-distal, or coronal-apical penetration position deviations. Ninety-eight students were randomly enrolled in the implant dentistry program and assigned to the gauge group (n = 47) and the control group (n = 49). Pre-class videos of an implant surgery operation by freehand were given to students 1 week before class. For the gauge group, an extra PowerPoint on the application of the novel orientation gauge was presented before class. Then, students are required to perform implant placement and complete questionnaires before/after class. CBCT and the orientation gauge were used to evaluate the three-dimensional (3D) accuracy of the implant placement. Students' perception related to the clinical practice skills was judged by questionnaire results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The linear deviation of the CBCT examination showed a significant difference concerning angular deviation (p = 0.0193). A significant mesial-distal deviation was observed in the gauge group compared with the control group (mean: 0.5233 vs. 0.9259 mm, p = 0.0077), according to the absolute restoration-level deviation value. A tendency to reduce the buccal-lingual implantation deviation was also noticed in the gauge group (p = 0.0640). Significant differences were elicited in the students' responses before and after training in both groups (p < 0.001). Students' questionnaires showed better results in surgical procedures understanding, prosthetically driven implantology knowledge, the precise 3D spatial position of dental implants, and the usage of surgical cassettes before/after simulation training in the gauge group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The novel orientation gauge can help students reduce implant placement deviations and enhance their understanding of the implant surgery process.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a Custom Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Support Informed Consent Instruction in Preclinical Dental Education.","authors":"Heidi Bryant McNeilly, Rocio Quinonez, Samuel Nesbit, Dilek Uyan, Joshua W Little","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Toward Real-World Learning. Insights From an Established Community-Based Dental Education Program.","authors":"Avril Ware, Moaz M Almoteb, Thomas A Dyer","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70237","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Undergraduate and Postgraduate Special Needs Dentistry Curricula for Oral Health Therapists: A Delphi Study.","authors":"Dorothy K L Koh, Melanie J Aley, Delyse M Leadbeatter, Woosung Sohn, Mathew A W T Lim, Troy Longbottom, Karen Lansdown, Kadambari Rawal, Samuel D Carrington, Jessica Francis, Masita Mandasari, Ceara Cleary, Archana Pradhan","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To develop a consensus-based curriculum outline for special needs dentistry (SND) tailored to oral health therapists (OHTs), ensuring relevance and applicability across undergraduate and postgraduate education in Australia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A four-round online modified Delphi study was conducted. The first three rounds involved both Australian and international experts, while the final consensus round was limited to Australian experts. Experts were selected using purposive sampling based on their experience in SND education, clinical practice, or curriculum development. Participants completed semi-structured surveys derived from publicly accessible learning outcomes (LOs) in student handbooks of undergraduate oral health programs and postgraduate SND specialist programs. Additional insights were drawn from the International Association for Disability & Oral Health (iADH) and the Australian Dental Council (ADC) competency guidelines. Across the rounds, experts rated the importance of proposed LOs, identified their appropriate educational level (undergraduate/postgraduate), and provided qualitative feedback. Consensus was defined a priori as ≥ 70% agreement. Modifications were made between rounds based on expert feedback.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Round 1, 24 experts completed, with 66 of 67 LOs reaching consensus. In Round 2, 20 experts assessed 98 LOs (including new and revised items, categorized into undergraduate and postgraduate), with 96 (97.9%) reaching consensus. Round 3 involved 16 experts reviewing unresolved and newly added items; two items did not reach consensus. The final round resulted in consensus on all outstanding LOs and confirmed the overall framework's relevance to the OHT scope and context. Key refinements across rounds included improved clarity in applying Bloom's Taxonomy, clearer undergraduate/postgraduate differentiation, and increased specificity to SND.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This Delphi study established expert consensus on a comprehensive set of LOs, along with suggested learning activities and assessment tasks. The proposed curriculum framework supports integration of evidence-informed SND education into OHT programs, which has the potential to enhance workforce preparedness to deliver equitable care to people with disability and additional health care needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}