Teaching Dental Drawings for Freshman Dental Students and Its Correlation with Manual Dexterity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether the implementation of teeth drawing exercises in a dental anatomy course improves first-year (D1) dental students' understanding of tooth morphology, their dexterity, and their clinical skills compared with D1s who did not participate in the drawing exercises.

Methods

In 2020, a "Teeth Drawing Module" was implemented within the D1 dental anatomy curriculum. In this course, students learn how to draw accurate outlines of teeth. The students are required to complete two types of drawing projects. Illustrations and instructions of teeth drawings that are outlined in a manual drawing book, PowerPoint presentations, illustration videos, and assessments are provided. Students' grades in the drawing module, waxing skills assessments, and their didactic e

SUBMITTER: Elgendy H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10250097 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature