Multimedia MEDICINA BUCAL como complemento educativo para estudiantes de tercer año de Estomatología / Multimedia MEDICINA BUCAL as an educational complement for third-year dentistry students

Introducción: Medicina Bucal I constituye una de las asignaturas rectoras dentro de la carrera de Estomatología, las nuevas plataformas de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones constituyen una vía adecuada para fomentar su estudio. Objetivo: elaborar una multimedia para el estudio de la asignatura Medicina Bucal I en estudiantes de tercer año de Estomatología. Método: se realizó una investigación de desarrollo tecnológico en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, de septiembre de 2015 a octubre de 2016. El universo estuvo formado por todos los estudiantes de tercer año de la carrera de Estomatología, así como el claustro de profesores que imparten la asignatura Medicina Bucal I. Se utilizaron métodos teóricos y empíricos, se realizó una revisión de la bibliografía sobre el tema recopilándose la información necesaria para la elaboración de la multimedia. Resultados: el producto recibió valoraciones positivas por parte de los usuarios, y en cuanto a los expertos, la mayoría emitió criterios de muy adecuado respecto a los diferentes aspectos que lo conforman, considerándose pertinente su generalización en la docencia. Conclusiones: se obtuvo un recurso de aprendizaje que permite al estudiante de la carrera de Estomatología interactuar con los contenidos de la asignatura Medicina Bucal I, de fácil acceso y transportación, lo cual contribuyó a elevar la calidad de la enseñanza en el marco del desarrollo del conocimiento(AU)

Introduction: Oral Medicine-I is one of the leading subjects within dentistry studies, the new platforms of Information and Communication Technologies are an appropriate way to promote learning. Objective: to elaborate a multimedia for the study of the Oral Medicine-I subject in third year of dentistry studies. Method: a technological development research was carried out at Pinar del Rio University of Medical Sciences, from September 2015 to October 2016. The target group was comprised of all third-year dentistry students, as well as the staff of professors who teach the subject Oral Medicine-I. Theoretical and empirical methods were used; a literature review of the subject was carried out, compiling the necessary information for the multimedia design. Results: the product resulted in positive assessment from the users, and as for the experts, the majority issued "very adequate" criteria regarding the different aspects of the multimedia, considering its generalization to facilitate the teaching-learning process. Conclusions: a learning resource was obtained that allows dentistry students to interact with the contents of the subject of Oral Medicine-I, it is of easy access and transportation, which contributed to increase the quality of the teaching-learning process within the framework of the development of knowledge(AU)

Dental School Vacant Budgeted Faculty Positions, Academic Years 2011-12 Through 2013-14.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Survey of Dental School Faculty is conducted annually to provide an overview of the hiring and retention activity of U.S. dental school faculty. The survey collects data on the dental faculty workforce, including vacant budgeted positions by appointment and discipline, number of new and lost positions, sources of new hires, and reasons for faculty separations. This report highlights the results of three years of survey data, from the 2011-12 academic year through the 2013-14 academic year. After declining in previous years, the number of vacant faculty positions in U.S. dental schools has begun to increase, rising to 242 full-time and 55 part-time positions in 2013-14. Additionally, the number of schools having more than ten vacancies increased from five to 12. Although the number of vacancies has increased, the length of faculty searches that took more than one year declined from 25% to 16% in the same period. Retirements as a share of full-time faculty separations increased from 14% in 2008-09 to 31% in 2013-14. The current average retirement age of dental school faculty members is 69.7 years. The percentage of full-time faculty members leaving for the private sector remained constant over the last three years at approximately 16%. Full-time faculty members were more likely to be recruited from other dental schools, while part-time faculty members were more likely to come from the private sector.

Dental laboratory technology education in China: current situation and challenges.

Modern dentistry and dental education in China were first introduced from abroad by Dr. Lindsay in 1907. However, advancements in the field of dental laboratory technology did not occur to the same degree in specialties such as prosthodontics and orthodontics. Since the 1990s, orders from abroad demanding dental appliances surged as the image of China as the "world's factory" strengthened. The assembly line model, in which technicians work like simple procedure workers, was rapidly applied to denture production, while the traditional education system and apprenticeship systems demonstrated little progress in these years. The lack of advancement in dental laboratory technology education caused insufficient development in China's dental technology industry. In order to alter the situation, a four-year dental laboratory technology undergraduate educational program was established in 2005 by West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University (WCSS, SCU). This program was based on SCU's undergraduate education and WCSS's junior college education systems. The program introduced scientific methods in relevant subjects into laboratory technicians' training and made many improvements in the availability of trained faculty, textbooks, laboratory facilities, and curriculum.

Should dentists become 'oral physicians'? Yes, dentists should become 'oral physicians'.

In summary, a new designation for the dental profession is warranted, not because paramedical professionals have done it, but because the new designation is appropriate for what they are able to do. Moreover, it can be done now with little resistance or fanfare. As has been suggested by others, changing the name "dentist" to the name "oral physician" would result in several benefits: dentists' being recognized as providers of services such as tobacco-use cessation, oral cancer screenings, nutritional counseling and, most recently, as a major health care resource for dealing with bioterrorism; the public's visiting dental professionals for services other than traditional dental procedures; the profession's being more likely to teach and provide services outside of traditional dental procedures; third-party payers' being more likely to pay for services other than traditional dental procedures; the improvement in the public's oral health that would result from patients' visiting "oral physicians" for services other than traditional dental procedures.

[The assessment of dental caries activity in students of stomatology using Dentobuff tests]. / Badanie aktywnosci próchnicy zebów u studentów stomatologii za pomoca testu Dentobuff.

The aim of the paper was to assess the risk of dental caries in students of the Faculty of Stomatology using standard biochemical tests and to answer the question whether Dentobuff tests could be used to study dental caries activity in the 20-25 age group. Sixty-six randomly chosen students of the Faculty of Stomatology, Medical Academy in Lublin have been included in to the study. Clinical examinations of dental state have been performed in all of them and they have been expressed by means of the average number of DMF, DMFs and component Ds. In biochemical examinations a ready-made test from Dentobuff set has been used. Statistically significant dependence between salivary pH and numbers DMF, DMFs and Ds has been found. In assessing the risk of dental caries, the results of Dentobuff should be considered together with other examinations and history data.

Assessment of objectives of post-doctoral general dentistry programs in Canada.

Objectives of hospital-based post-doctoral general dentistry programs in Canada were assessed by questionnaire. Seventy percent (14 of 20) of the program directors responded. Educational goals and objectives were assessed in professional skills and practice management, public health and preventive dentistry, oral medicine and pathology, special needs patient care, trauma and emergency care, restorative/prosthodontic care, endodontics, orthodontics/pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, periodontics, pharmacology, and functioning in a hospital. High rankings of proficiency were related to primary care, restorative/prosthodontic, endodontic, and surgical care. Emergency care, sedation, and pharmacology were also ranked highly. Lower rankings of proficiency were reported in orthodontics, aspects of public health dentistry, practice management, and advanced oral and maxiliofacial surgery. When the results of the Canadian survey were compared with those of a survey of US post-doctoral general dentistry programs, substantial similarity was seen. The findings support continuing reciprocity in accreditation standards between the Canadian and American Commissions on Dental Education and Dental Accreditation.