International Journal of Dentistry Research 2019; 4(1): 01-04 ; DOI:10.31254/dentistry.2019.4101
Assessing Students’ Perspectives of an Elective Digital Dentistry Course
1. Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry, Coordinator, Dental Outreach Community Service, Schulich Dentistry, Western University, Dental Sciences Building, Rm. 1003 1151 Richmond St., London, ON, Canada N6A 5C1
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Received: 12th December, 2018 / Accepted: 6th March, 2019 / Published : 30th April, 2019
This brief report examines students’ perspectives on teaching from a small size of fourth year dental students and Internationally Trained Dentists II candidates on an experiential learning digital dentistry elective course. A questionnaire
was developed and distributed to 10 dental students before and after the course. Each question was rated on a five-point Likert scale. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used. All data analysis was conducted by Excel at the 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that after receiving the course the mean of students’ perspectives varied more. The medians varied before and after the course. There was a 90% improvement that was detected in the students’ perspectives after the course. All of the students (100%) reported an improvement in knowledge with the digital scanner after the course. Although students’ perspectives demonstrated a change in almost all the participants (90%) after receiving the course, this change was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference in students’ knowledge of digital dentistry before and after receiving the course. Conclusion: The dental profession is rapidly changing technologically. It seems appropriate that dental education should include digital dentistry and a suitable number of student participants.
Digital Dentistry, Dental Technology, Dental Education, Advanced Imaging Techniques, Digital Impressions, Digital Camera.
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