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{"title":"Typodont-based Surgical Experience Enhances Dental Students' Comprehension of Surgical Periodontal Procedures.","authors":"Sangeetha Chandrasekaran, Karo Parsegian, Laurice de la Rosa, Camille J Hochheimer, Savannah Mierau","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine whether a typodont model-based periodontal surgical experience enhanced the dental students' comprehension of periodontal surgical procedures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A hands-on session was developed to demonstrate esthetic and functional crown lengthening (ECL and FCL, respectively), free soft tissue autograft (FSTA), and extraction site preservation (ESP) procedures using a commercially available typodont which allows students to replicate the steps of these surgical procedures. Fourth-year dental students (DS4) completed pre- and post-module surveys to self-evaluate their knowledge of periodontal surgical procedures before and after the session. A summary of the pre- and post-survey responses was reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-seven DS4 completed the pre-module survey and participated in the model-based hands-on exercise. Thirty-one DS4 completed the post-module survey. Following the session, 83.87%, 80.64%, 80.64%, and 78.12% of participants strongly agreed that the session improved their comprehension of ECL, FCL, FSTA, and ESP, respectively. With knowledge-based questions, the percentage of correct responses increased for ECL, FCL, and FSTA (65.22 vs. 93.55%, 41.30 vs. 100%, and 56.52 vs. 100% in pre- and post-module survey, respectively), but not for ESP. More participants strongly agreed that they felt more confident (i) to communicate with periodontists and (ii) to refer their prospective patients to periodontists than before the session (58.06 vs. 42.55%, respectively). Also, more students strongly agreed the session should be included in the dental school curriculum.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The typodont model-based hands-on session provided valuable experience to DS4 in various aspects of predoctoral periodontics training, highlighting the importance of such educational experience in the dental school curriculum.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13880"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143702093","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":"Student Performance on the American Board of Orthodontics Written Examination Following Flipped Classroom and Generative AI Approach.","authors":"Hera Kim-Berman, Jordyn Tarlie, Jacob Herremans","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13882","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13882"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693739","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":"General Dentistry on Life Support: The Overspecialization of the Profession.","authors":"Mario Brondani, Mariana Braga, Jonathan Broadbent, Linda Slack-Smith, Diego Ardenghi","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13878","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Issue: </strong>General dentists are trained to identify and treat the most common oral conditions and their complications, including dental caries lesions, by restoring tooth structure and function and replacing missing teeth, as well as by treating gingival diseases. However, many senior undergraduate students and junior dentists believe they lack confidence to practice comprehensive clinical dentistry; they may avoid surgical endodontic procedures, orthodontic care, and implant-related cases, for example. The answer, they believe, lies in the imminent need to pursue a specialization to have a successful career.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>General dentists must remain the backbone of the profession if we aim to improve access to basic dental care and address inequities. This perspective explores the values of a general dentist in meeting the majority of the care needs of society at large by recognizing the importance of training students to graduate as clinically well-rounded providers. It discusses the issues pertaining to overspecialization in dentistry, while acknowledging that specialized care is needed when general dentistry falls short.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>We argue that oral health inequities may only widen if the profession focuses on specialization over general practice, as this might inadvertently take the focus off prevention and not fully address general oral health-care needs of the population. Overspecialization, and the resulting fragmentation of responsibilities, may undermine patient's basic care needs. Training a broad-spectrum dentist is paramount while acknowledging the value of specialization to deliver specific-and complex-clinical care that does not come at the expense of general practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13878"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677403","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":"Journal of Dental Education Volume 89 Number 3/March 2025","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13601","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":"89 3","pages":"285-286"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jdd.13601","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"3D Printing in Dental Education: A Review of Its Use across Disciplines.","authors":"Athina Karagkounaki, Thomas Manoukakis, Ioulia Margariti, Christoforos Pavlou, Christina Hadjichristou","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13876","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dental education aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to competently manage clinical scenarios. It is critical that dental education evolves with technological advances to ensure quality student preparation. New technologies such as three-dimensional printing (3DP) have found their way into dental education and could overcome the limitations of traditional methods. The question arises: Is 3DP suitable to replace the current conventional educational modalities in preclinical dental education?</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A review of the current literature was conducted in September 2024 to identify the use of 3DP models in various dental disciplines for predoctoral education. The outcomes of the retrieved records were analyzed as subjective measurements or objective assessments by the participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The initial search yielded 776 articles, of which 24 studies were eventually considered for qualitative synthesis. The dental disciplines in which 3DP was used in preclinical education were operative dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics, maxillofacial surgery, and pediatric dentistry, with a maximum of seven studies in operative dentistry and a minimum of one in pediatric dentistry. In all studies, 3DP models were used in comparison to conventional typodonts, human-extracted teeth, cadaver models, or virtual reality simulators, as dictated by the university's curriculum.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>3DP models can benefit preclinical education by creating different case scenarios that resemble real-life situations. They also offer greater availability and cost-effectiveness. However, further research and material development is needed to improve the tactile sensation of the models to better resemble dental tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13876"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143605565","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":"The Importance of Integrating Herbal Medicine into Dental Education: A Cross-Sectional Study of Dental Students' Knowledge and Attitudes.","authors":"Mai Adnan Gaizeh Al-Hallak, Malak Kayem, Rima Khatib, Raghad Shakoul, Zein Al-Abdeen Martini, Nafiza Martini, Majd Hanna, Imad-Addin Almasri, Abeer Aljoujou","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Herbal medicine has a long history of traditional use, but its integration into modern dentistry faces barriers like insufficient evidence and knowledge.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This is the first study of its kind in Syria that aimed to assess the knowledge and perspectives of future dentists regarding the use of medicinal plants in dental practice, their benefits, and their side effects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among 323 Syrian dental students to evaluate their awareness, attitudes, knowledge sources, and experiences with herbal medicine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>99.1% recognized herbs can serve as medicine, but only 47.4% had prior usage, with efficacy unclear. Most (86.4%) agreed plants are important in dentistry and 83% knew of interactions with traditional drugs. The internet, elders, and lectures were key knowledge sources. Rural students and prior herb users had greater awareness of applications. 83.9% were interested in learning more, and 72.1% supported integrating herbal medicine courses. The main barriers were a lack of scientific evidence and education.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Syrian students demonstrated good knowledge about herbal medicine and the risks of its random usage strongly support integrating evidence-based herbal medicine into dentistry. However, efficacy and safety knowledge gaps currently limit practical application. Targeted research, formal training, and clinical guidance focused on beneficial plants could enable dentists to effectively advise patients on traditional interventions alongside conventional approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587872","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":"Description of a Collaborative Rural Dental Scholar Program.","authors":"Carly Timmons McKenzie, Paul Drake Lavender","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Two educational institutions, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, partnered to collaborate with representatives from a state agency and organized dentistry to, with legislative support, create and implement a coordinated series of initiatives designed to increase Alabama's rural dental workforce.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This interrelated, long-term program has three primary components: (1) Rural Dental Health Scholar residential summer program for rising high school seniors; (2) Rural Dental Scholar (RDS) pathway program for dental students featuring a pre-matriculation master's curriculum; and (3) financial support by Alabama's Board of Dental Scholarships (BDS) for participation in said programs and service awards for practice in an eligible rural area following dental school.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 31 students have participated across all aspects of this program, and a combined total of $3.39 M directly supports program participants. Nine RDSs are pathway participants across two academic years. The inaugural Rural Dental Health Scholar program in Summer 2024 included six rising high school seniors. The BDS has successfully contracted 16 future rural dentists.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This multifaceted partnership across various educational, professional, and governmental entities is a much-needed intervention intended to address the worsening rural dentist crisis in Alabama. Long-term outcomes tracking will inform degree of success of these new initiatives in recruiting and retaining dentists to rural communities in need.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13859"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574508","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":"Allied Dental Professionals of Tomorrow","authors":"Susan H. Kass","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13877","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jdd.13877","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":"89 3","pages":"287-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574497","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":"Next Generation of Allied Dental Practitioners: An Analysis of the ADEA 2024 Survey of Graduating Allied Dental Students","authors":"Pradeep Singh,&nbsp;Rebecca L. Stolberg,&nbsp;Emilia C. Istrate,&nbsp;Carolyn L. Booker,&nbsp;Karen P. West","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13857","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jdd.13857","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose/objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines the journey of accredited US allied dental programs' graduating students of 2024. It covers the factors that influenced their decision to pursue an allied dental career, key elements of their program experiences, their postgraduation plans, and the investments they made to embark on an allied oral health professional journey. This is the first national study conducted by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) to gather direct feedback from US graduating allied dental students.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study analyzes the findings of the 2024 ADEA Survey of Graduating Allied Dental Students. Twenty-one percent of the estimated 12,920 graduating allied dental students in 2024 responded to the ADEA survey. This translated to a 20% response rate for dental assisting, 21% for dental hygiene, and 24% for dental laboratory technology graduating students.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Allied dental graduates—students from accredited programs in the disciplines of dental hygiene, dental assisting, and dental laboratory technology—were predominantly composed of females, with less than 5% identifying as male at birth. More than four out of ten allied dental graduates cited personal dental experience as the most influential factor in their career choice, whereas factors related to a family member, friend, or relative accounted for almost three out of ten decisions. Respondents reported a high level of readiness to enter the profession. Three-quarters of allied dental students across all disciplines entered their allied dental program without any prior education debt, and more than half graduated without any education debt. A total of 84% planned to work immediately upon graduation; among this segment of graduating students, 81% planned to work for a dentist in private practice.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study presents foundational data on US graduating allied dental students. The inaugural ADEA study found that allied dental students felt well-prepared to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation. The lack of educational debt upon graduation among the majority of the students, coupled with moderate levels for those who did have education debt, indicates a financially accessible pathway into allied dental careers. Working in a private practice was the overwhelmingly preferred career path among those intending to work immediately after graduation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":"89 3","pages":"421-430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574510","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":"A Comparative Pilot Study of Computer-Based Evaluation Software Versus Traditional Evaluation in Preclinical Operative Procedures.","authors":"Qi Dai, Ryan Davis, Houlin Hong, Ying Gu","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of the paper is to assess the effectiveness of a computer-based evaluation software for preclinical preparations and restorations when compared to traditional faculty grading/evaluation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-four Class I (#30-O) and Class II (#30-MO) preparations and Class II amalgam restorations (#31-MO) were generated in preclinical setting by first-year dental students. Calibrated faculty evaluated the preparations and restorations using a validated rubric from preclinical operative class. The preparations and restorations were scanned using Planmeca PlanScan intraoral scanner and graded using the Romexis E4D Compare Software. Each was compared against a corresponding gold standard tooth with tolerance intervals ranging from 100 to 500 µm. These scores were compared to traditional faculty grades using a linear mixed model to estimate the mean differences at 95% confidence interval for each tolerance level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average Compare Software grade for Class I preparation at 300 µm tolerance had the smallest mean difference of 1.64 points on a 100-point scale, compared to the average faculty grade. Class II preparation at 400 µm tolerance had the smallest mean difference of 0.41 points. Finally, Class II restoration at 300 µm tolerance had the smallest mean difference at 0.20 points.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, tolerance levels that best correlated the Compare Software grades with the faculty grades were determined for three operative procedures: Class I preparation, Class II preparation, and Class II restoration. This Compare Software can be used as a valuable adjunct method for grading of student preparations and restorations. It also provides a practical tool for students to self-evaluate their preclinical operative procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":"e13858"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568718","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}