A Survey of tooth morphology teaching methods employed in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Lone, Mutahira; McKenna, Joseph P.; Cryan, John F.; Downer, Eric J.; Toulouse, André

doi:10.1111/eje.12322

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“…The above is consistent with Lona's 30 report that students perform better in active learning contexts. KallesarianFlowerday 31 explains that these aspects increase the intrinsic motivation and commitment of students to the course, their peers, and teachers.…”

Section: F I G U R E 3 Distribution Of Final Grades In the 3 Groupssupporting

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Fink's integrated course design and taxonomy: The impact of their use in a “Basics of Dental Anatomy” course

Cantalejo

Pardo

2020

Journal of Dental Education

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Objective This study aimed to assess whether the adjustment of Fink's Model of Integrated Course Design (ICD) with his Taxonomy of Significant Learning (hereinafter referred to as “ICD/SL”) affected the academic performance of students at Universidad El Bosque in the “Basics of Dental Anatomy” course. Design For this purpose, 3 academic groups were selected: 2018/1 (55 students), 2018/2 (79 students), and 2019/1 (57 students). The control group, 2018/1, was taught without ICD/SL; the 2 treatment groups, 2018/2 and 2019/1, was taught with ICD/SL, which applied revised learning goals based on Fink's Taxonomy and new teaching and evaluation activities. The assessment of academic performance was based on a Likert scale to position student results in each grade score report. Statistical analysis was performed through the Kruskal‐Wallis test and P‐value through the Mann‐Whitney U test and Fisher exact test. Results The results indicated that the treatment groups evidenced better academic performance in the summative assessment of the partial and final grades. In the treatment groups, 64% to 97% of students were in the High to Excellent segment; in comparison, this percentage in the control group was 44% to 65%. The course's rate of failure dropped from 10.9% in 2018/1 to only 1.7% in 2019/1. All the differences between the treatment and control groups were statistically significant (P < 0.0001). Conclusion The use of ICD/SL improved the academic performance of students.

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confidence: 91%

Fink's integrated course design and taxonomy: The impact of their use in a “Basics of Dental Anatomy” course

Cantalejo

Pardo

2020

Journal of Dental Education

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“…in a life science discipline with requirements in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. Tooth morphology, is taught in the second year of both curriculums using primarily, extracted teeth, and plastic teeth for study and examination purposes (Lone et al, ).…”

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“…Although this module is usually taught in the first two years of dental courses, its application and use is in the clinical years leading to what has been referred to as “decontextualized technique learning” (Bogacki et al, ; Obrez et al, ; de Azevedo et al, ; Magne, ). Traditional teaching methods for tooth morphology typically include lectures (Bogacki et al, ; Lone et al, ) supported by practical study sessions using extracted teeth (Mitov et al, ; Cantin et al, ; Lone et al, ), plastic teeth replica (Obrez et al, ; Lone et al, ), wax or chalk carving of teeth (Wallen et al, ; de Azevedo et al, ; Lone et al, ), and drawing two‐dimensional (2D) images of teeth (Abu Eid et al, ; Magne, ; Lone et al, ). While studying with extracted teeth is preferred (Cantin et al, ), pressures have increased the need to review this model, including the capacity to procure and retain adequate numbers of teaching specimens without decay or excessive wear, reduction in teaching hours, curricular integration as well as hygiene and ethical considerations.…”

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Development and Assessment of a Three‐Dimensional Tooth Morphology Quiz for Dental Students

Lone

Vagg

Theocharopoulos

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Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Tooth morphology has a pivotal role in the dental curriculum and provides one of the important foundations of clinical practice. To supplement tooth morphology teaching a three‐dimensional (3D) quiz application (app) was developed. The 3D resource enables students to study tooth morphology actively by selecting teeth from an interactive quiz, modify their viewpoint and level of zoom. Additionally, students are able to rotate the tooth to obtain a 3D spatial understanding of the different surfaces of the tooth. A cross‐over study was designed to allow comparison of students’ results after studying with the new application or traditionally with extracted/model teeth. Data show that the app provides an efficient learning tool and that students’ scores improve with usage (18% increase over three weeks, P < 0.001). Data also show that student assessment scores were correlated with scores obtained while using the app but were not influenced by the teaching modality initially accessed (r2 = 0.175, P < 0.01). Comparison of the 2016 and 2017 class performance shows that the class that had access to the app performed significantly better on their final tooth morphology assessment (68.0% ±15.0 vs. 75.3% ±13.4, P < 0.01). Furthermore, students reported that the 3D application was intuitive, provided useful feedback, presented the key features of the teeth, and assisted in learning tooth morphology. The 3D tooth morphology app thus provides students with a useful adjunct teaching tool for learning dental anatomy. Anat Sci Educ 00: 000–000. © 2018 American Association of Anatomists.

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“…A 2017 survey of tooth morphology teaching methods used in the United Kingdom and Ireland was sent to 21 individuals at 17 institutions, with 16 surveys being returned. The results indicate that learning the 3D aspects of tooth morphology is important.…”

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Digital Learning Resources for Prosthodontic Education: The Perspectives of a Long‐Term Dental Educator Regarding 4 Key Factors

Goodacre

2018

Journal of Prosthodontics

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Technological advances have led to the introduction of 3D education programs specifically designed for dentistry, leading to the author's use of these programs in the education of dental students. Based on this usage, this paper proposes there are 4 key factors that can enhance student education (spatial ability, interactivity, critical thinking, and clinical correlations with integration of multiple dental disciplines). These key factors can be incorporated into student learning through the use of 3D education programs in class. Lessons learned from using these programs include the importance of regular use in class as well as testing students both visually and textually on the content present in such programs. In this way, students will use the program and thereby enhance their 3D visualization skills while learning the required didactic information. Simply providing students with access to such programs without regular use in class and without testing the students on the content leads to these programs' lack of use. As a result, the students miss an opportunity to enhance their ability to visualize structures three dimensionally and manipulate them in their minds, a process known as spatial ability that is linked to success in the sciences.

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A Survey of tooth morphology teaching methods employed in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Fink's integrated course design and taxonomy: The impact of their use in a “Basics of Dental Anatomy” course

Fink's integrated course design and taxonomy: The impact of their use in a “Basics of Dental Anatomy” course

Development and Assessment of a Three‐Dimensional Tooth Morphology Quiz for Dental Students

Digital Learning Resources for Prosthodontic Education: The Perspectives of a Long‐Term Dental Educator Regarding 4 Key Factors

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