Introduction of CAD-CAM technology in dental education: a student and teacher perspectives

This paper describes the student and teacher's perceptions of the process of introducing CAD-CAM technology in dental education. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out; two questionnaires validated by expert judgment were used for data collection, and descriptive statistics wer...

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Autores: Fukuhara-Nakama, Mary, Chávez-Alayo, Pablo, Flores-Mas, Ricardo, Fernández-Jacinto, Leila, Castilla-Camacho, Marisol, Maldonado-Mendoza, María, Loechle-Verde, Otto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/5123
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/REH/article/view/5123
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CAD-CAM
educación dental
odontología digital
plan de estudios
escáner intraoral.
dental education
digital dentistry
curriculum
intraoral scanner
educação dentária
currículo
scanner intraoral.
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Sumario:This paper describes the student and teacher's perceptions of the process of introducing CAD-CAM technology in dental education. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out; two questionnaires validated by expert judgment were used for data collection, and descriptive statistics were applied. It was obtained that 57.9 % of the students and 37.5 % of the teachers considered that the teaching of CAD-CAM technology should begin in the third year of studies; the training was helpful for both students and teachers, and this technology would be a procedure of choice for treatment with fixed prosthesis if they had it available. It is concluded that students and teachers positively perceive the introduction of CAD-CAM technology in the clinical courses of the dental career, and it would be a resource of choice for fixed prosthesis treatment.