Michael Murrell is Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics; Leonardo Marchini is Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics; Derek Blanchette is Biostatistician, University of Iowa; and Sato Ashida is Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of Iowa.
J Dent Educ. 2019 Nov;83(11):1339-1344. doi: 10.21815/JDE.019.140. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
The aims of this study were to assess the perceptions of dental students, faculty members, and patients about the benefits and pitfalls of intraoral camera use and to compare the completion rate of treatment planned posterior crowns with and without intraoral camera use in a predoctoral dental clinic. From July 2016 to June 2017, all 60 fourth-year dental students at one U.S. dental school were encouraged to use the intraoral camera in treatment planning with patients in the school clinic. Perceptions of the students, their patients, and the faculty members supervising the treatment planning were assessed with a survey at the end of the treatment planning appointment. The completion rate of treatment planned posterior crowns was determined by recalling all posterior teeth that were treatment planned for a single unit crown at a specific period of time compared to the number of the same crowns completed for the same patients at a specific period of time, using the electronic health record, with and without camera use. Of the 60 students, 51 completed 198 surveys (85% response rate); 35 faculty members completed 64 surveys, and 202 patients completed one survey each (response rates for those groups could not be calculated). The survey results suggested that the students, faculty, and patients viewed intraoral camera use in a positive way. However, faculty perceptions were a little lower than those of patients and students, and a significant number of faculty members were neutral. The completion rate of posterior planned crowns was significantly higher (p=0.0005) when intraoral cameras were used to present images to patients than when cameras were not used. In this study, intraoral camera use in a predoctoral clinic was perceived positively by students and patients but more neutrally by faculty, and it increased the completion rate of planned posterior crowns.
本研究旨在评估牙科学生、教师和患者对口腔内摄像使用的益处和弊端的看法，并比较在牙科学院中使用和不使用口腔内摄像仪完成预定后牙冠治疗的比例。从 2016 年 7 月至 2017 年 6 月，美国一所牙科学校的 60 名四年级牙科学生都被鼓励在学校诊所为患者进行治疗计划时使用口腔内摄像仪。在治疗计划预约结束时，通过问卷调查评估了学生、他们的患者和指导治疗计划的教师的看法。通过回忆在特定时间段内为单个单位冠计划的所有后牙，并与同一时间段内为同一患者完成的相同冠数进行比较，使用电子健康记录确定预定后牙冠的完成率，同时比较使用和不使用摄像仪的情况。在 60 名学生中，有 51 名完成了 198 份调查问卷（回应率为 85%）；35 名教师完成了 64 份调查问卷，202 名患者每人完成了一份调查问卷（无法计算这些组的回应率）。调查结果表明，学生、教师和患者对口腔内摄像仪的使用持积极态度。然而，教师的看法略低于患者和学生的看法，有相当数量的教师持中立态度。与不使用摄像头相比，当使用口腔内摄像头向患者展示图像时，预定后牙冠的完成率显著更高（p=0.0005）。在本研究中，口腔内摄像仪在牙科学院中的使用得到了学生和患者的积极认可，但教师的认可度略低，并且它提高了预定后牙冠的完成率。
