Effect of Taking Theoretical Tests before Practical Dental Carving Class Sessions on Dental Students? Learning of Manual Tooth Carving Skills: A Preliminary Single-Blind Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial

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dc.contributor.authorRadmehr, Orkidehen_US
dc.contributor.authorKalbassi, Salmehen_US
dc.contributor.authorKhatami, Maziaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T10:01:54Z
dc.date.available2025-05-09T10:01:54Z
dc.date.issued2024-10
dc.description.abstractPurpose: No previous studies have assessed the effect of taking theoretical quizzes before teaching the practical skills on manual dexterity and practical dental anatomy (or any other clinical skills). Therefore, this study was conducted for the first time. Methods: This single-blind randomized clinical trial of crossover nature was performed on 66 subjects. Thirty-three dental students studying at fourth semester were enrolled. Each of them acted as both experimental and control subjects, due to the crossover design (n=66, 33+33). The control group included students who did not give theoretical tests. The experimental group were informed that they would give theoretical tests every week in a particular day. Each theoretical quiz included four questions from taught materials regarding hints of practical dental morphology. Both groups gave mid-term quizzes regarding anterior and premolar teeth. Afterward, control/experimental groups swapped places. Again, students were routinely evaluated regarding the carving of molar teeth (mid-term) and in the final term exam (any tooth). Learning was measured by evaluating the ‘practical morphology’ scores of students. The groups were compared using Wilcoxon signed ranks test (?=0.05). Results: Mean practical morphology scores were 16.64 ± 1.7 in the control group and 17.46 ± 1.27 in the experimental group. This difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: It was shown for the first time that taking regular theoretical tests before teaching practical material might improve students’ practical manual dexterity and carving skills.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Orthodentstry, Orthodontist in Private Practice, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Periodontics, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iranen_US
dc.identifier.citationRadmehr Orkideh, Kalbassi Salmeh, Khatami Maziar . Effect of Taking Theoretical Tests before Practical Dental Carving Class Sessions on Dental Students? Learning of Manual Tooth Carving Skills: A Preliminary Single-Blind Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals and Essences of Dentistry. 2024 Oct; 16(4): 1-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-8798
dc.identifier.issn0976-156X
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/245728
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherGeneva Foundationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume16en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.longdom.org/articles/effect-of-taking-theoretical-tests-before-practical-dental-carving-class-sessions-on-dental-students-learning-of-manual-.pdfen_US
dc.subjectMemory and learningen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectAnatomyen_US
dc.subjectDentistryen_US
dc.subjectTheoretical examsen_US
dc.subjectManual tooth carving skillsen_US
dc.subjectClinical and procedural skills trainingen_US
dc.subjectSemantic memoryen_US
dc.subjectProcedural memoryen_US
dc.titleEffect of Taking Theoretical Tests before Practical Dental Carving Class Sessions on Dental Students? Learning of Manual Tooth Carving Skills: A Preliminary Single-Blind Crossover Randomized Clinical Trialen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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