Periodontics - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The intermediate effect and the diagnostic accuracy in clinical case recall of students and experts in dental medicine.

30 Jul 2009 INTRODUCTION: The extensive knowledge of experts facilitates the solving of domain-specific problems. In general, this is due to the fact that experts recall more detailed information than do novices or even advanced students. However, if physicians ... Read more...

Update on the changing numbers and distribution of periodontists.

29 Apr 2009 A review of the 2006 and past American Dental Association (ADA) studies on the distribution of dentists provides information on the evolving number of periodontists. Despite an overall increase in the number of periodontists, major differences ... Read more...

The role of pathophysiological explanations in clinical case representations of dental students and experts.

30 Jan 2009 INTRODUCTION: Teaching of biomedical knowledge lays the foundations for the understanding and treatment of diseases. However, the representation of pathophysiological explanations in the management of clinical cases differs for various levels of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Periodontics - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The intermediate effect and the diagnostic accuracy in clinical case recall of students and experts in dental medicine. 30 Jul 2009
• Update on the changing numbers and distribution of periodontists. 29 Apr 2009
• The role of pathophysiological explanations in clinical case representations of dental students and experts. 30 Jan 2009
• Web-based virtual patients in dentistry: factors influencing the use of cases in the Web-SP system. 30 Jan 2009
• Differences in clinical grading associated with instructor status. 30 Jan 2009
• Periodontal referral patterns of general dentists: lessons for dental education. 30 Jan 2009
• Resident evaluation of orthodontic programs in Canada. 30 Jan 2009
• Concepts, controversies, consensus, and conclusions: preface. 30 Dec 2008
• Evidence-based curriculum reform: the Kentucky Experience. 30 Dec 2008
• The teaching of implant dentistry in undergraduate dental schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 11 Dec 2008
• The effect of undergraduate education in communication skills: a randomised controlled clinical trial. 30 Oct 2008
• A survey of undergraduate education in dental implantology in UK dental schools. 30 Oct 2008
• AAP President's Address. 29 Sep 2008
• Prosthodontic program directors' perceptions regarding implant placement by prosthodontic residents: a 2004 survey conducted by the Educational Policy Subcommittee of the American College of Prosthodontists. 24 Aug 2008
• Contemporary periodontal surgery: 1. Surgical principles. 29 Jun 2008
• [Post-academic dental specialties 19. The effect of periodontal treatment on the degree of de novo plaque formation] 29 Jun 2008
• [Post-academic dental specialties 18. The graduate programme in periodontology] 29 Jun 2008
• Periodontal-systemic disease education in United States dental hygiene programs. 30 May 2008
• Strategies for developing a culture of mentoring in postdoctoral periodontology. 29 Apr 2008
• Associations among predental credentials and measures of dental school achievement. 30 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Periodontics'

Definition: A dental specialty concerned with the histology, physiology, and pathology of the tissues that support, attach, and surround the teeth, and of the treatment and prevention of disease affecting these tissues.

Descriptor UI: D010517

Alternative terms: Periodontics; Periodontic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E06.721; H02.163.876.623;

History Note: 65

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif