Al-Johany Sulieman, AlShaafi Maan, Bin-Shuwaish Mohammed, Alshahrani Faleh, Alazmah Abdulfatah, Aldhuwayhi Sami, AlMaflehi Nassr
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2011 Sep 1;12(5):327-32.
Learning fine motor skills is a pre-requisite for succeeding in dental practice and it is sometimes challenging for dental students. Most of the methods used in the selection process depend on evaluation of intellectual ability or structured interview while manual competence is not. However, no test on aptitude or manual dexterity is used as criteria.
The purpose of the present study intended to evaluate the fine motor skills of beginning dental students which could in turn be used as a method of selection of students for the dental degree admission process.
A study was conducted among 71 second year dental students at College of Dentistry, King Saud University in Riyadh. A test composed of three parts, writing an answer for a question in four lines, drawing a picture of a smile and doing a class 1 amalgam preparation on a plastic molar tooth. The students were evaluated based on their handwriting, basic drawing skills and their skills in performing the tooth preparation by experts in each fields following certain criteria.
The results showed a significant correlation between writing and drawing skills and dental skills of the student with p < 0.001.
The results of the current study support the use of the writing or drawing test as one of the test used for the applicants for dental school admission. However, the value given to such test in the selection of students needs further investigations and consensus.
学习精细运动技能是在牙科实践中取得成功的先决条件，而这对牙科学生来说有时具有挑战性。选拔过程中使用的大多数方法依赖于对智力能力的评估或结构化面试，而手部操作能力并非如此。然而，没有将能力倾向或手部灵巧性测试用作标准。
本研究旨在评估牙科新生的精细运动技能，进而将其用作牙科专业学位入学选拔学生的一种方法。
在利雅得沙特国王大学牙科学院的71名二年级牙科学生中开展了一项研究。测试由三部分组成，用四行文字回答一个问题、画一幅微笑的图画以及在塑料磨牙上进行I类银汞合金修复体预备。按照特定标准，由各领域专家根据学生的书写、基本绘图技能以及进行牙齿预备的技能对学生进行评估。
结果显示，学生的书写和绘图技能与牙科技能之间存在显著相关性，p < 0.001。
本研究结果支持将书写或绘图测试用作牙科学校入学申请者的测试之一。然而，在学生选拔中给予此类测试的价值需要进一步研究并达成共识。
