Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2020 Aug;24(3):476-482. doi: 10.1111/eje.12525. Epub 2020 Mar 26.
Dental implantology is an increasingly contemporary integral and important component of the practice of dentistry. This study assessed the level of teaching of dental implantology to dental undergraduates in Nigeria.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study involving the use of a self-administered questionnaire consisting of five sections developed for this study. It was sent via e-mail to a dental faculty in charge of and involved in the teaching of dental implantology in all 10 dental schools (five old generation and five new generation) in Nigeria.
Eight of the 10 schools teach implant dentistry and utilised didactic lectures as mode of teaching. Simulations were used in only 1 (12.5%) of the schools whilst clinical demonstration was reported by 2 (25.0%) of the schools. Only 2 (25.0%) of the schools allowed students to experience direct patient care with no school expecting students to provide implant treatment. Almost all schools 9 (90.0%) identified insufficient resources and lack of dental industry support as barriers to effective teaching of implant dentistry. All the dental schools had plans to improve teaching of implant dentistry.
Teaching of dental implantology in Nigeria is mainly theoretical with no clinical competence assigned. A situation which is unsatisfactory as all Nigerian dental schools have plans both in the short term and long term to improve on the teaching of implant dentistry. There is need for industry support as well as improved and effective training of dental faculty in implant dentistry in Nigeria.
种植牙学是口腔医学实践中日益现代、综合和重要的组成部分。本研究评估了尼日利亚牙科学本科生种植牙学教学水平。
这是一项横断面描述性研究，使用了自行设计的问卷，共分为五个部分。问卷通过电子邮件发送给尼日利亚 10 所牙科学校（5 所老一代和 5 所新一代）负责和参与种植牙学教学的牙科教师。
10 所学校中有 8 所教授种植牙学，并采用理论授课模式。只有 1 所学校（12.5%）使用模拟教学，2 所学校（25.0%）报告进行临床演示。只有 2 所学校（25.0%）允许学生直接为患者提供护理，没有学校期望学生提供种植牙治疗。几乎所有学校（90.0%）都认为资源不足和缺乏牙科行业支持是有效开展种植牙学教学的障碍。所有牙科学校都有计划改善种植牙学教学。
尼日利亚种植牙学教学主要是理论性的，没有临床能力培养。这种情况令人不满意，因为所有尼日利亚牙科学校都有短期和长期计划来改进种植牙学教学。需要行业支持以及在种植牙学方面对牙科教师进行更好和有效的培训。
