Background: Dental forensics is an area of dental research and knowledge in which students receive limited exposure. The purpose of this research was to evaluate dental student knowledge about dental forensics and to evaluate dental student skills in comparing radiographs. Methods: Dental students (N=152) were provided 10 radiographs of extracted teeth. One of the radiographed teeth was heat-altered to 600 °C for 15 minutes. The students were asked to match the heat-altered tooth's radiograph to one of the 10 radiographs. A 10-question survey concerning dental forensics was also presented to the students. Results: There were 92.1% of dental students who were able to correctly identify a heataltered tooth's radiograph from the 10 radiographs provided. Of the 10 questions provided, 5 had a correct response rate above 70%. Conclusion: Dental students were successful in matching a dental radiograph of a heataltered tooth and its original radiograph. However, there is a need for current and emerging information about dental forensics.
Background The purpose of this study is to evaluate caregiver assessment of the ease of use of a specially designed toothbrush for providing daily oral infection control (toothbrushing) to persons dependent upon others for activities of daily living. Method Eighty-eight caregivers accepted surveys and multi-surface toothbrushes to provide daily oral infection control to the person to whom they assisted. They were asked to evaluate the ease of use of the multi-surface toothbrush, and provide comments about it. Results There were 30 surveys returned (34.1% response rate). In terms of the ease of use, 90.0% of the caregivers agreed (63.3% strongly agreed, and 26.7% agreed) that the multi-surface toothbrush was easier to use than their previous toothbrush. Comments about the toothbrush were predominantly positive. Conclusion It is difficult to provide daily oral infection control to another individual. Having an efficient oral health aid which makes it easier to do so is important to caregivers. With the overwhelming positive response to the multi-surface toothbrush, it is important to disseminate the information about its ease of use.
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