Educational outcomes of a new curriculum on interproximal oral prophylaxis for dental students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a preclinical oral prophylaxis education program by examining the effectiveness of the teaching module on changes to the students' attitudes towards their individual hygiene behaviors with interdental brushes (IDBs).

Methods

As being part of a new didactic program on oral interproximal prophylaxis, all preclinical third-year students (n = 96) enrolled in the 2014/15 academic year received theoretical, preclinical, and clinical lessons on interproximal prophylaxis. The evaluation of educational outcomes was linked to observed changes in students' hygiene behaviors using interdental brushes. Knowledge, skills, attitudes, satisfaction, competence and performance were also explored. The evaluation interviews we

SUBMITTER: Bourgeois D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6179232 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature