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Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study
PURPOSE: To assess and compare teaching of paediatric dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum among dental schools in the Arabian region. METHODS: A 28-item online cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted of undergraduate dental programme directors in the Arab region. The survey included...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8526457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-021-00656-9 |
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author | Al-Jundi, S. H. EI Shahawy, O. I. Nazzal, H. |
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description | PURPOSE: To assess and compare teaching of paediatric dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum among dental schools in the Arabian region. METHODS: A 28-item online cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted of undergraduate dental programme directors in the Arab region. The survey included questions related to the programme’s content, method of instruction on specific paediatric dentistry topics as well as the director’s opinion on the level of training obtained by the undergraduate students at the end of the programme. RESULTS: The final sample included 31 dental schools representing undergraduate programmes in ten Arabian countries (60.8% response rate). All programmes provided theoretical and practical education on communicative behaviour management techniques and caries prevention. Pulpectomy and formocresol pulpotomy were taught in the form of theoretical and practical education in 87.1% and 80.6% of the programmes, respectively. The method of education on common orthodontic topics was mainly theoretical with the exception of space maintainers. Instructions on managing trauma to permanent dentition was theoretical and practical in most programmes (61.3%). Most respondents rated the level of training of students in behaviour management and caries prevention as good to reasonable, while only 22.6% thought that the level of training was excellent in pulp therapy. CONCLUSION: Variations were observed in paediatric dentistry education among undergraduate dental programmes in the Arabian region in terms of topics, instruction methods, year of introduction of paediatric dentistry education, and number of clinical sessions offered. This study establishes a framework for future paediatric dentistry curriculum development and/or improvement in the Arabian region. |
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spelling | pubmed-85264572021-11-04 Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study Al-Jundi, S. H. EI Shahawy, O. I. Nazzal, H. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Original Scientific Article PURPOSE: To assess and compare teaching of paediatric dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum among dental schools in the Arabian region. METHODS: A 28-item online cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted of undergraduate dental programme directors in the Arab region. The survey included questions related to the programme’s content, method of instruction on specific paediatric dentistry topics as well as the director’s opinion on the level of training obtained by the undergraduate students at the end of the programme. RESULTS: The final sample included 31 dental schools representing undergraduate programmes in ten Arabian countries (60.8% response rate). All programmes provided theoretical and practical education on communicative behaviour management techniques and caries prevention. Pulpectomy and formocresol pulpotomy were taught in the form of theoretical and practical education in 87.1% and 80.6% of the programmes, respectively. The method of education on common orthodontic topics was mainly theoretical with the exception of space maintainers. Instructions on managing trauma to permanent dentition was theoretical and practical in most programmes (61.3%). Most respondents rated the level of training of students in behaviour management and caries prevention as good to reasonable, while only 22.6% thought that the level of training was excellent in pulp therapy. CONCLUSION: Variations were observed in paediatric dentistry education among undergraduate dental programmes in the Arabian region in terms of topics, instruction methods, year of introduction of paediatric dentistry education, and number of clinical sessions offered. This study establishes a framework for future paediatric dentistry curriculum development and/or improvement in the Arabian region. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-08-05 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8526457/ /pubmed/34351613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-021-00656-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Scientific Article Al-Jundi, S. H. EI Shahawy, O. I. Nazzal, H. Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title | Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the Arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | paediatric dentistry undergraduate education across dental schools in the arabian region: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Scientific Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8526457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-021-00656-9 |
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