Assessment of the orthodontic knowledge demonstrated by dental school undergraduates: recognizing the key features of Angle Class II, Division 1 malocclusion

Canavarro, Cristiane; Miguel, José Augusto M.; Quintão, Cátia Cardoso Abdo; Torres, Myrna de Faria Magalhães; Ferreira, Juliana de Paiva Moura; Brunharo, Ione Helena Vieira Portella

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“…3 Many other studies have also been done on the knowledge of key parameters of malocclusion in many parts of the world. 8,9 Many of these studies support the fact that dental graduates do not have an ample knowledge of basic malocclusion concept. 10 Even with the non-orthodontic specialities, though the score was better than general practitioner dentists but it can further be improved by setting up of multi-disciplinary seminars and forums while they undergo education at their post-graduation schools.…”

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Assessment of the Attitude and Knowledge of the Principles and Practices of Orthodontic Treatment Among the Non-orthodontic Specialists and General Practitioner Dentists

2018

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Introduction: General practitioner dentists and non-orthodontic specialties ought to have the knowledge of the basic principles and practices of orthodontics in order to educate the patients, diagnose their problems correctly and for proper referral. The objective of the present study is to assess the attitude and knowledge of the general practitioner dentists and non-orthodontic specialists towards the basic principles and practices of orthodontics. Methods: This study was performed by presenting a closed questionnaire to a total of 78 participants out of which 46 were general practitioners and 32 were non-orthodontic specialists. A questionnaire consisting of a total of 21 questions was distributed and each question was allocated 0.5 marks for correct response whereas no deduction for wrong answer. Results: In this present study, the total mean score of the evaluation of the questionnaire came out for general practitioner dentist and the non-orthodontic dental specialists was 13.92 and 16.69 respectively. The present study showed a statistically highly significant knowledge and attitude difference between Group A and Group B ( P<0.001). Conclusions: This study shows a need for a increased clinically oriented education in the undergraduate courses and a multi-disciplinary inter department seminar presentations and forums set up for the post graduation courses for them to understand the scope of each other’s specialties.

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Assessment of the Attitude and Knowledge of the Principles and Practices of Orthodontic Treatment Among the Non-orthodontic Specialists and General Practitioner Dentists

2018

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“…A study was done by Canavarro et al, (Canavarro et al, 2012) there was much awareness among the undergraduate degree holders for treatment of tooth alignment. They said that features of malocclusion could be inferred at only the end of the mixed dentition period.…”

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Patient reporting for anterior tooth alignment during ugly Duckling stage - A mishap

Hemashree

Jessy

Chaudhary

2020

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Ugly duckling stage is a self-correcting anomaly seen during the mixed dentition period. It is characterised by the spacing between the upper incisors and proclination of teeth. It is seen that during this stage, parents take their child to the dentist to correct the malaligned teeth due to unawareness. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of pediatric dental patients reporting for tooth alignment during the ugly duckling stage. This retrospective cross-sectional study included patients who reported to saveetha dental college during June 2019- March 2020. Case records of about 10,000 patients were reviewed and 3363 patients were recruited under 8 to 13 years of age. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software version 20.0. About 50.8% of patients who belonged to the age of 10 years reported for tooth alignment during an ugly duckling stage. Results were statistically significant for the association between age and chief complaint of anterior tooth alignment (p<0.05). Thus, the role of the dentists lies in making the parents aware that the ugly duckling stage is a self-correcting phenomenon and no orthodontic correction is required during this stage.

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“…Despite this statement, it is clear from the literature that orthodontic education programs suffer to answer concerns about dental school graduates' ability to fill their professional role. Observers have questioned the development of graduates' ability to recognize orthodontic problems, make diagnoses, and have the autonomy to perform procedures (MIGUEL et al, 2005;MIGUEL et al, 2008;BARROSO, 2012;CANAVARRO et al, 2012).…”

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“…Canavarro et al (2012) related the inability to identify malocclusion as a problem for future clinicians to solve in orthodontic undergraduate courses. In sum, there is controversy over what should be taught, ranging from the ability to recognize problems and diagnose them to the need for autonomy to perform the procedures.…”

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Profile of orthodontic education in brazilian undergraduate dentistry courses

Brandão¹,

Brandão²,

Jesus³

et al. 2017

Biosci. J.

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New paradigms of Brazilian dental education involve orthodontics in the context of generalist professional formation, encouraging the recognition of teaching reality of this discipline in undergraduate courses in dentistry. This article discusses the orthodontics discipline in Brazilian dentistry undergraduate courses to identify the number of semesters offered, nomenclature, insertion model, content format and the performance of clinical practice in undergraduate education and its association with characterization variables of the discipline. Electronic questionnaires were sent to 203 dental schools, 55 public and 148 private, registered to the Federal Council of Dentistry in 2013. The questionnaires were answered by 92 teachers of orthodontics, representing 45.3% of the existing dental undergraduate courses in Brazil: 55.4% of which from private and 44.6% public schools. The findings of this research show that orthodontics teaching is present in all undergraduate courses analyzed, is a predominant and integrated subject in pediatric dentistry, addresses the contents in theoretical and practical form both in the laboratory and clinic, and assists children with deciduous and mixed dentition for diagnosis, prevention and interception of malocclusions. Egressed students are able to recognize orthodontic problems and direct these young patients to treatment. The presence of clinical practice was associated with the variables that denote greater investments of higher education institutions in professors, academic credentials and curricular matrix due to the integrality of the contents and course load distribution for the discipline.

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Assessment of the orthodontic knowledge demonstrated by dental school undergraduates: recognizing the key features of Angle Class II, Division 1 malocclusion

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Assessment of the Attitude and Knowledge of the Principles and Practices of Orthodontic Treatment Among the Non-orthodontic Specialists and General Practitioner Dentists

Assessment of the Attitude and Knowledge of the Principles and Practices of Orthodontic Treatment Among the Non-orthodontic Specialists and General Practitioner Dentists

Patient reporting for anterior tooth alignment during ugly Duckling stage - A mishap

Profile of orthodontic education in brazilian undergraduate dentistry courses

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