Effect of Dental Course Cycle on Anatomical Knowledge and Dental Carving Ability of Dental Students.

This study assessed the effect of the course cycle on theoretical knowledge of dental morphology and the dental carving ability of dental students. Thirty-two dental students from the third semester (initial cycle) and 30 students from the eighth and tenth semesters of the dental course (end cycle) had their theoretical knowledge on dental morphology assessed using a questionnaire with ten closed questions. Their dental carving ability was also assessed using wax carvings in macro models of plaster (for the third [S3] and eight [S8] semesters) and natural-sized artificial teeth (for the tenth [S10] semester). The teeth chosen for the dental carving activity were #16 and #47. The scores were statistically analyzed using the t-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney test (α = 0.05). Students from the initial cycle presented better theoretical knowledge than the other groups did (P < 0.007). No significant differences in carving score were found between the initial and end cycles (P > 0.05), although S10 students obtained a higher score for teeth #16 and #47 (P < 0.05). Natural-sized artificial teeth received a higher evaluation score in dental carvings than the macro models (P < 0.001). Within the limits of this study, it was possible to conclude that students from the initial cycle (S3) presented higher theoretical knowledge, whereas no difference in carving ability was observed between the initial and end cycles. The tenth semester (S10) students performed dental carvings with better quality. Furthermore, carvings in natural-sized artificial teeth presented better quality compared with the macro models.

Repertorizacoes: como criticar? / Repertorizations: how to criticize them?

O autor procura sistematizar o processo de critica da repertorizacao. Define as etapas seguidas pelos homeopatas em uma repertorização, identificando seus objetivos. Assinala em cada etapa os pontos que considera mais importantes para... (AU)

Avaliação dos resultados do tratamento homeopatico de criancas da comunidade do morro dos cabritos - Rio de Janeiro / Evaluting the results of homeopatic treatment in children of the morro do cabritos community - Rio de Janeiro

O desenvolvimeto de modelos de avaliacao compativeis com a racionalidade homeopatica continua sendo um desafio e uma necessidade. O autor apresenta uma contribuicao...

Mental symptoms: analogical grouping

The author has made a systematic study of the repertory's mental symptoms, proposing a new organization of rubrics and sub-rubrics based on its analogical ordering, in order to help homoeopathic medicine in the search for and in the differential diagnosis of symptoms. The author concludes that analytical study of mental symptoms is of great value both in the repertorial study of consulting-room cases as well as in semiological understanding of problems for effective use of the repertory

Estudo critico das repertorizacoes com sintomas mentais / Critical study of repertorizations with mental symptoms

O autor procura identificar os principais obstaculos enfrentados pelos homeopatas no processo de repertorizacao, particularmente com sintomas mentais. E feita uma tentativa de sistematizar estes problemas... (AU)

Avaliacao dos rsultados do tratamento homeopatico de criancas da comunidade do morro dos cabritos - Rio de Janeiro / Evaluting the results of homeopatic treatment in children of the morro do cabritos community - Rio de Janeiro

O desenvolvimeto de modelos de avaliacao compativeis com a racionalidade homeopatica continua sendo um desafio e uma necessidade. O autor apresenta uma contribuicao... (AU)

Guia semiologico: um processo de informatizacao / Semiologic guide: an informatization process

O autor, considerando a modesta utilizacao pela homeopatia dos recursos da informatica, propoe o desenvolvimento de programas que auxiliem o homeopata no que diz respeito a investigacao semiologica dos sintomas. O autor afirma que a ordem alfabetica em que estao organizados os repertorios e semiologicamente inconsistente, e propoe a utilizacao de agrupamentos analogicos (por ideias afins) como ponto de partida ideal para o desenvolvimento de programas. Apos demonstrar com exemplos, baseados no ordenamento analogico dos sintomas mentais, a utilidade pratica deste tipo de programa, o autor conclui pela urgencia do desenvolvimento das pesquisas nesta area a partir, nao dos repertorios como estao organizados, mas de estudos a serem feitos com o objetivo de otimizar a investigacao semiologica dos sintomas homeopaticos