Application of Dentistry-ProConsult software to assist plaster tooth modeling in stomatology teaching

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1410

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In the practice of stomatology teaching, the normal morphology of teeth and their occlusal relationship are always a difficult point in stomatology teaching. However, the occlusal relationship of teeth and their functional coupling are complicated and difficult to understand and are always the difficult point and focus of clinical teaching.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the application of Dentistry-ProConsult software to assist plaster tooth modeling in stomatology teaching.

METHODS: Forty-four undergraduate students of five-year oral medicine major from the Air Force Medical University were randomly divided into two groups. In the control group (n=21), traditional teaching method was used to learn the anatomic structure and occlusion of different types of teeth and engrave wax teeth. In the experimental group (n=23), Dentistry-ProConsult software was used to learn the anatomic structure and occlusion of different types of teeth and to model plaster teeth. The teachers could guide students to learn the normal morphology of teeth and their occlusal relationship from different angles with the Dentistry-ProConsult software. In addition, the students were asked to carve the normal morphology of teeth in plaster model with the aid of 3D models. The theoretic and practicing test scores were compared between the control and experimental groups.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The theoretic (85.6±12.4 vs. 79.3±15.7) and practicing test scores (88.2±10.6 vs. 82.5±14.5) in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group (t=6.735 for theoretic test, t=7.182 for practicing test, P < 0.05). The feedback questionnaires showed that the satisfaction rate in the experimental group (87.5±8.7) was significantly higher than that in the traditional teaching group (79.7±10.1, t=8.531, P < 0.05). These results showed that application of Dentistry-ProConsult in the stomatology teaching greatly enhanced student’s theoretic and practicing test scores and increases student’s degree of satisfaction in stomatology teaching.

Key words: Dentistry-ProConsult software, 3D models, plaster tooth modeling, tooth morphology, teaching in stomatology, stomatology major, traditional teaching

CLC Number:

R459.9
R318

Lu Lei, Yu Shibin, Shi Xiaowei, Ma Teng, Huang Jinghui, Yang Hongxu. Application of Dentistry-ProConsult software to assist plaster tooth modeling in stomatology teaching[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2019, 23(30): 4811-4815.

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