Dental Education

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; autopsy imaging; biomedical sciences; bisphosphonates; chemotherapy; classification consistency; clinical education; clinical skills teaching; composite restoration; conservative dentistry; continuing education; COVID-19; Croatia; curriculum; curriculum reform; dental; dental autopsy; dental care; dental caries; dental continuing; dental education; dental hygiene; dental hygiene education; dental hygienists; dental record; dental student; dental students; dentin bonding; dentistry; diagnosis; diet; Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA); digital media; documentation; DREEM scale; early clinical experience; education; educational climate; educational technology; exam soft; forensic odontology; fracture; Galilean and Keplerian telescope optical system in dentistry; graduate; haptics; health behavior; health promotion; healthy lifestyle; human identification; humanitarian forensic odontology; interprofessional learning; item analysis; Japan; job satisfaction; knowledge-based governance; learning theories; local anesthesia; mandible; medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw; mentoring; miniaturized Snellen optotype; motivation; motor skills; non-technical skills training; oncology; online education; online learning; operative dentistry; oral lesion; oral pathology; osteonecrosis; osteoradionecrosis; perceived risks; postgraduate dental education; professionalism in dentistry; radiotherapy; record keeping; school health services; self-consciousness; self-determination theory; self-efficacy; Simodont; simulation; social learning theory; social media; specialty training; stress perceptions; student survey; surveys and questionnaires; teacher training; teaching methodology; undergraduate dental education; undergraduate dental student; vertical integration; virdentopsy; virtual dental autopsy; virtual reality; visual acuity; work assignments; working memory; workplace environment
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 The dental curriculum is like a living organism-it has developed through time, manifesting regional, cultural, and scientific heritage, and reflecting modern trends. The undergraduate dental curriculum is periodically rebuilt to ensure the harmonization of higher education systems between countries, especially in Europe. Structure, content, learning, and assessment in undergraduate and postgraduate dental education and auxiliary dental personnel training are shaped based on professional consensus. Constant updates on recent technological innovations and evidence-based best practice are necessary.In modern times, ethical issues are raised more than ever. Can we teach our students how to be dedicated health professionals and manage a successful practice at the same time? Does the commercialization of our profession also affect the dental curriculum today?The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new challenges, moving us from lecture rooms and clinics to an online environment.This Special Issue is dedicated to developing the understanding of dental education.