Chatbot Versus Lecture in the Teaching of Endodontic Diagnosis for Undergraduate Students-A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

This study compared a chatbot with an expository interactive lecture as a tool for teaching pulpal and periapical diagnosis in undergraduate dental education.

Methods

A chatbot and an expository interactive lecture were used to deliver the topic of pulpal and periapical diagnosis based on the American Association of Endodontics guidelines. A total of 24 second-year students in a 4-year undergraduate program were enrolled. An initial test (Test A) with 10 multiple-choice questions was applied to all students. Then, the students were randomly assigned to two different groups: Lecture (control) and Chatbot (experimental). The Lecture group attended an expository interactive lecture delivered by an endodontist. Simultaneously, in the Chatbot group, the chatbot was deliv

SUBMITTER: Coelho MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800726 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature