Dental students' ability to judge the quality of composite restorations' exemplars depicted in photographs and their impact on preclinical skills.

Rung, AC; Sun, J; George, R

Dental students' ability to judge the quality of composite restorations' exemplars depicted in photographs and their impact on preclinical skills.

Rung, AC Sun, J

George, R

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Publisher:: WILEY
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Eur J Dent Educ, 2023
Issue Date:: 2023-11-21

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dc.contributor.author	Rung, AC
dc.contributor.author	Sun, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0097-2438
dc.contributor.author	George, R
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-14T02:19:02Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-13
dc.date.available	2024-03-14T02:19:02Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-21
dc.identifier.citation	Eur J Dent Educ, 2023
dc.identifier.issn	1396-5883
dc.identifier.issn	1600-0579
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176680
dc.description.abstract	INTRODUCTION: Assessing exemplars as a formative activity is thought to promote students' learning. This study aimed to investigate dental students' ability to judge the quality of composite restorations' exemplars depicted in photographs and their impact on students' preclinical skills. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a non-randomised controlled crossover trial with two intervention arms, 92 undergraduates in their first preclinical course self-enrolled in into the intervention group (A1-INT) or control group (B1-CT). The intervention group assessed photographic images of composite restorations before restoring an ivorine premolar with composite while the control group restored the same tooth without assessing the photographic exemplars. Intervention and control groups were swapped 3 days later in a second iteration (B2-INT, A2-CT). Data were analysed in SPSS® version 27 using nonparametric tests. RESULTS: Students who did not complete all activities in the study were excluded. Therefore, 57 out of the 92 student participants were included in the study analysis. No significant differences were observed between intervention and control groups' ability to assess quality of photographic exemplars or restoring a tooth in both iterations. CONCLUSION: Students were able to identify the quality of composite restorations in photographic exemplars. It appears that assessing photographic exemplars did not have an immediate impact on students' ability to restore a tooth with composite.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	Eur J Dent Educ
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/eje.12971
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1105 Dentistry, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.classification	Dentistry
dc.subject.classification	3203 Dentistry
dc.subject.classification	3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
dc.title	Dental students' ability to judge the quality of composite restorations' exemplars depicted in photographs and their impact on preclinical skills.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1105 Dentistry
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2024-03-14T02:19:01Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Assessing exemplars as a formative activity is thought to promote students' learning. This study aimed to investigate dental students' ability to judge the quality of composite restorations' exemplars depicted in photographs and their impact on students' preclinical skills. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a non-randomised controlled crossover trial with two intervention arms, 92 undergraduates in their first preclinical course self-enrolled in into the intervention group (A1-INT) or control group (B1-CT). The intervention group assessed photographic images of composite restorations before restoring an ivorine premolar with composite while the control group restored the same tooth without assessing the photographic exemplars. Intervention and control groups were swapped 3 days later in a second iteration (B2-INT, A2-CT). Data were analysed in SPSS® version 27 using nonparametric tests. RESULTS: Students who did not complete all activities in the study were excluded. Therefore, 57 out of the 92 student participants were included in the study analysis. No significant differences were observed between intervention and control groups' ability to assess quality of photographic exemplars or restoring a tooth in both iterations. CONCLUSION: Students were able to identify the quality of composite restorations in photographic exemplars. It appears that assessing photographic exemplars did not have an immediate impact on students' ability to restore a tooth with composite.

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