Impact of Theoretical Comprehension on Periodontal Instrumentation Skills Development.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to investigate the impact of theoretical comprehension in periodontics on clinical instrumentation skills development through a longitudinal assessment.

Methods

Classes of 2023 (n1 = 126) and 2024 (n2 = 128) were included. Both classes took the same case-based examination (CBE) in the second year and similar CBEs in the third and fourth years. The two classes undertook the same instrumentation skill tests during the second and fourth years. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA, correlation tests, and linear regression analyses (LRA) were conducted with a significance level of α = 0.05.

Results

The class of 2024 exhibited significantly lower performances on all three CBEs (p = 0.0002) than the class of 2023. Nonetheless, instrumentation skills dev

SUBMITTER: Oh SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800723 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature